{"id":167564,"date":"2025-09-25T07:03:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T07:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/167564\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T07:03:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T07:03:08","slug":"oklahoma-dog-attack-janelle-scott-has-all-four-limbs-amputated-after-vicious-mauling-in-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/167564\/","title":{"rendered":"Oklahoma dog attack: Janelle Scott has all four limbs amputated after vicious mauling in US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">A woman has had all four of her limbs amputated after a horrendous dog attack while on a bike ride with her boyfriend left her with catastrophic injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Janelle Scott was cycling with her partner in Oklahoma when two dogs set upon her and began a vicious mauling that left her in a critical condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">The two pit bulls were roaming the Okmulgee area on September 9 when the incident occurred, Ms Scott\u2019s family said via a <a class=\"css-hwy1qg-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/8r25q4-my-aunt\">GoFundMe<\/a> page set up to assist with the mounting hospital bills..<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-3mk41m-StyledText eze0guv9\">Sign up to The Nightly&#8217;s newsletters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1r9pdr5-StyledSubText eze0guv8\">Get the first look at the digital newspaper, curated daily stories and breaking headlines delivered to your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>By continuing you agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/thenightly.com.au\/subscription-terms\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Terms<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sevenwestmedia.com.au\/privacy-policies\/privacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Local news outlet, <a class=\"css-hwy1qg-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news9.com\/\">News 9<\/a>, spoke to Ms Scott\u2019s mother, Cheryl, who said her daughter\u2019s boyfriend was riding behind her at the time and rushed to fight the dogs off his girlfriend, before calling emergency services for assistance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Okmulgee Police said they found Ms Scott suffering \u201cfrom significant and severe injuries\u201d and that one of the dogs died during the fight with her boyfriend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cThere is an RV-type trailer located in this area, and it is reported that the dog(s) were kept within this trailer,\u201d police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cThis trailer had reportedly been broken into at some point in the evening, which may have released the animals from confinement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">The extent of Ms Scott\u2019s injuries has been so significant that doctors continue to reassess surgeries, and unfortunately, they have had to remove parts of all four of Ms Scott\u2019s limbs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Initially, her right arm and left leg were amputated, but she later required further surgery to amputate the other two limbs, one heartbreaking update stated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cWell, I come with more sadness. My Daughter has to go back to Surgery on Tuesday and have more amputating on her right arm and maybe on one of her legs,\u201d Cheryl Scott said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cI pray that her body has the Strength for more Surgery. So could you all PLEASE keep her in your prayers I\u2019m a true believer in how powerful prayers are.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cRemember, we\u2019re strong women, and we\u2019re going to beat this,\u201d .<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Family members have also have been providing updates via the GoFundMe page.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cHello everyone, my name is Shay, and my cousin Nellie was attacked by 2 pit bulls on September 9th and is currently still in the hospital. Nellie had her right arm amputated and just got her left leg amputated\u201d one update said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cMy aunt Cheryl is missing work to stay by her side and take care of her daughter. Any donations are greatly appreciated. God bless everyone even if you can\u2019t donate please pray a share.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cAll donations will be used for medical bills and to help my aunt pay her bills since she is missing work so that she can be there for my cousin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9czhig-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">The GoFundMe has raised over $US16,000 to date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A woman has had all four of her limbs amputated after a horrendous dog attack while on a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167565,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,6213,41,39,42,40,2957,1720],"class_list":["post-167564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-society","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-usa","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}