LASALLE, Ill. (HOI) — A LaSalle woman stabbed her family’s pet pit bull to death to force it to release her husband’s arm from its grip.

WLPO reports LaSalle police responded to a dog bite call in the 1100 block of 10th Street. A man suffered a severe laceration to his left arm while holding back a pit bull from his family’s other dog, the radio station reported.

When the pit bull wouldn’t let go of the man’s arm, his wife stabbed the dog with a kitchen knife several times. The pit bull later died. The man was taken to a local hospital for treatment.

No charges were filed.