Abstract: A marking device for spraying a liquid food-grade dye mixture onto a potential assailant. The device includes a spray pump for use in connection with a bottle or other portable container for dispensing said mixture therefrom. The manually activated fluid dispensing means provide thereto a closure and when actuated with a reciprocatory movement will pump the contents from the bottle and dispense said contents in spray form. To facilitate the activation of the pump and to prevent unauthorized removal of the marking device from the hand of the user, finger retaining loops are provided. The pump is supported solely from the neck of the bottle or other container with which it is associated, and, hence, independently of the walls of the bottle so that the contour of such walls can be disregarded.