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**WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT BELOW**

Ashley Bunn, 45, was walking home from her sister’s house on Boxing Day when she was attacked in the street by her neighbour’s great dane/staffordshire bull terrier cross.

The creature had been playing in the front garden of the address in Adelaide, South Australia when it bolted directly for her.

Speaking to Channel Ten, she said: “His teeth went underneath [my chin] and he gripped on with his upper jaw.

“I had 200 stitches in my face because I felt my own chin come down.

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“When I looked in the mirror I just burst into tears, I didn’t know if I would ever look the same again.”

The hound also damaged Ashley’s jugular vein in the sickening attack, causing significant blood loss.

She later said on Facebook the dog had been put down.

Its owner now faces a $10,000 (£5,832) fine under strict South Australian dog attack laws.

The news comes just days after a dog walker had his finger bitten off after being attacked by a wild boar.

And last year, footage surfaced of two pit bulls mauling a helpless beagle to death.