Military and vets save giant python in Thailand after dog attack

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A giant python named Boonrod was saved from a near-fatal dog bite by military personnel in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand, and required urgent veterinary care, including sterilisation, before being returned to the wild.

 

The incident occurred yesterday, February 14, when soldiers from the Special Warfare Training Camp in Sichon, along with their instructors, carried the nearly 5-meter-long, 10-kilogram male python to Sichon Animal Hospital after it was discovered with severe wounds near its cloaca.

 

The python, found on a mangosteen tree after the attack, was in critical condition with its internal organs protruding from a grave injury. Vet Piyaporn Wattanapun took immediate action, performing surgery to remove parts of the damaged tissue, including parts of the reproductive organs, which made sterilisation necessary. If left untreated and unsterilized, the infection from the rotting wound could have been fatal within days, reported KhaoSod.

 

by Nattapong Westwood

Picture courtesy of KhaoSod

 

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[Mike Lister]

In the West they would have killed the snake and taken the dog to the vet, here they do the opposite.

[JonnyF]

Who says soi dogs are useless? 

[PETERTHEEATER]

Just y'all out there take care of your cloacas.....

[kidneyw]

Had to look that one up.

[Thingamabob]

Well done.

[G Rex]

Funfact!  Male snakes have a pair of penises - called hemipenes.   I have had to amputate several from snakes subjected to trauma.  They can still 'do the job' with just one.

[Muhendis]

9 hours ago, Mike Lister said:

In the West they would have killed the snake and taken the dog to the vet, here they do the opposite.

Yeah but there aren't too many soi dogs in the west.

Or pythons in trees for that matter.

[RobU]

Good doggy. The dog was probably defending itself. I doubt seriously that a lone dog would spontaneously attack a 5 metre python. Maybe the dog got eaten anyway 

[Stocky]

10 hours ago, webfact said:

A giant python

I saw another report saying it was a giant king cobra

[The Old Bull]

Could have made a few pairs of cowboy boots and a case for my pool cue.

[jcmj]

I wouldn’t mind having that snake on our Soi for a few days to help control the dog population. Way too many aggressive dogs gathering here. 

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