An Omaha woman is recovering from a dog attack and the Humane Society has now taken custody of the animal.

Cynthia Edwards was back home on Thursday night after spending several hours at the hospital.

She was attacked by a pit bull and she says, "I have an injury on my thigh and on my buttocks and I have stitches and I got stitches in my forehead."

Edwards says she heard the dog barking as she was walking to meet a relative for lunch near 22nd and Laird.

She says the dog then broke loose from its leash and attacked.

"I couldn't move," she said. "The only thing I could feel was the dog sensation gripping my leg and just pulling."

Edwards' injuries include a number of cuts and bruises as a result of the attack.

The dog will remain at the Humane Society until a judge decides what will happen next.