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Dog fights for life after saving owner from snake
Wed Oct 31, 1:07 AM ET
SYDNEY (AFP) - An Australian sheepdog is fighting for its life after being bitten while saving its owner from a huge and deadly snake, local media reported Wednesday.
Fay Palethorpe, 68, was gardening on her large Gold Coast property when she encountered a two-metre (six-foot) eastern brown snake, the Australian Associated Press reported.
"He saw me and I saw him, and he reared up about two foot into the air and struck at me three times," she said. "I just screamed and ran."
As the snake pursued Palethorpe across the garden her three Australian sheepdogs, known as kelpies, leapt to her defence. More...
Dog fights for life after saving owner from snake
Wed Oct 31, 1:07 AM ET
SYDNEY (AFP) - An Australian sheepdog is fighting for its life after being bitten while saving its owner from a huge and deadly snake, local media reported Wednesday.
Fay Palethorpe, 68, was gardening on her large Gold Coast property when she encountered a two-metre (six-foot) eastern brown snake, the Australian Associated Press reported.
"He saw me and I saw him, and he reared up about two foot into the air and struck at me three times," she said. "I just screamed and ran."
As the snake pursued Palethorpe across the garden her three Australian sheepdogs, known as kelpies, leapt to her defence. More...
