An animal-loving gran has died after being mauled by a pit bull she took in as a starving stray.
British pensioner Anne Shields took in the dog called Choccy to live at her Spanish holiday home.
The 67-year-old suffered “catastrophic” injuries to her head and arm after the dog turned on her.
Neighbours heard Anne’s screams at her home in Macastre, near Valencia, and raised the alarm.
Cops who rushed to the scene shot the animal so medics could reach Anne. She died the next day in hospital.
Her daughter Sarah, 43, of Preston, Lancashire, said her mother was an animal lover who couldn’t bear to cast Choccy back onto the street.
Anne wound up taking the dog on for good as all the animal shelters were full up. It hadn’t been her intention to keep the dog.
Sarah said: “She was looking after him until she found someone who could take him.
“She stuck with him and then this happened. It’s a nightmare.”
Mum-of-one Anne, a former security guard, brought Choccy home in 2002 to live with her and husband Martyn.
Martyn died 18 months later aged 59.
Sarah added: “She was so caring. This hasn’t really sunk in. We’ll miss her so much.
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