A woman from Kidderminster was "horrified" after she was left with a 12cm hole in her leg – that "smelt like rotten egg".

For nearly a year, the dog, named Bertha, went overlooked at a shelter in Northbrook, Illinois. Potential adopters thought she was either too big or too old.

Harleigh Kamal, 31, says wound 'smelt like rotten egg' and she was told she was lucky not to have developed sepsis ...