Woman saves her dog from python
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A WOMAN used a pocket knife to fight off a huge Burmese python which attacked her dog while out walking in a Hong Kong country park, a report yesterday said.
Courtney Link told the Sunday Morning Post the 5-meter snake had coiled itself around her 24 kilogram mongrel Dexter last weekend.
“When I suddenly saw the snake’s head, I just started stabbing furiously,” Link said, adding she resorted to using the knife only after hitting the serpent with her fists had failed to make it release the dog.
The snake finally loosened its grip on Dexter and slithered away into the undergrowth , leaving the dog with bite wounds on its chest and legs.
A spokeswoman for the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department confirmed that a dog had been attacked by a Burmese python.
Burmese pythons are one of the world’s largest snakes and can grow to 6 meters long and weigh more than 100 kilograms.
They are Hong Kong’s biggest natural predator and the pythons are a protected species in the territory.
They are rarely sighted but Burmese python attacks on dogs are not unknown.
In 2007, a woman rescued her pet dog following a fight with a 4.5-meter python and the previous year a 22-kilogram husky was crushed to death by a snake.
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