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With more than 12 vicious dog bites on her legs and 鈥渨ay too many鈥� stitches to count, Amy Craven was released from the hospital this week following an 11-day stay to recover from an attack by two pit bull terriers near North Lake Union.

Adding insult to her injury: discovering that the two dogs who mauled her were returned to their owner 鈥� a woman who lives in box truck at a homeless camp off Fairview Avenue East.

鈥淭hese dogs have more rights than me,鈥� the Seattle mom told The Dori Monson Show on Wednesday.

The attack occurred April 22 during her routine morning walk, Craven said. It was a routine route for her, she continued, because it offers scenic views of the lake, houseboats and a community P-Patch around East Allison Street near Good Turn Park.

Several minutes into her walk, Craven told Dori鈥檚 listeners, she saw 鈥渢wo pit bulls. They started barking aggressively, but they were pretty far away from me.鈥�

Craven said she froze, hoping her stillness would deter the dogs. Instead, the dogs bolted at her from a homeless encampment, so she began to run.

鈥淏y that time, one of them already had my leg and I got pulled to the ground,鈥� Craven said. 鈥淭hey just kept biting. . . My brain was saying `you have to get up off the ground.鈥�

鈥淚鈥檓 screaming `Jesus, please save me,鈥欌�� the Seattle woman recalled. 鈥淚f I was a child, the child would have been dead.鈥�

Workers at nearby Union Marine and another surrounding business rushed to her aid. One Good Samaritan began throwing hammers 鈥渢hat were hitting the dogs, but they were still attacking me.鈥�

Eventually, these rescuers pulled her into the Union Marine building, where one employee used a belt to tourniquet her leg.

鈥淭hey saved my life, no doubt about it,鈥� Craven told Dori.

Now at home on crutches and using a walker, she is dealing with exposed tendons and a place where 鈥渁 giant piece of my leg is missing.鈥�

What about the fate of the dogs? Dori asked.

Seattle Animal Shelter 鈥済ave them back to the owner the night I was attacked,鈥� Craven said. 鈥淢y family was outraged. . . They blew animal control鈥檚 phone up all weekend, demanding answers.鈥�

Only after this outcry, said Craven, were the dogs confiscated by Seattle Animal Shelter.

Seattle鈥檚 rules say dangerous dogs must be 鈥渆uthanized or relocated outside the Seattle city limits,鈥� Dori explained. 鈥淚f the dogs did this to you, and we move them to Bothell, who鈥檚 to say they鈥檙e not going to kill someone there?鈥�

Meanwhile, Craven said, no criminal charges have been filed against the homeless box truck dweller and dog owner 鈥渁s of yet.

鈥淭he owner should be in jail,鈥� she added. 鈥淪he was nowhere to be found.鈥�