Dog-eating python returns for more

A 3m python that swallowed an Australian family's pet dog has struck again, attempting to devour a chihuahua. But this time, the dog's owner was able to prevent the animal from becoming dinner, dragging it out of the snake's mouth.

The same snake had stalked and eaten Dot, a nine-month-old Jack Russell terrier, while she playing in her backyard the week before Christmas. Dot's owner, Keri Stewart, said the serpent had stalked her beloved pet before consuming it whole.



"I had come home and let Dot out as usual (into the backyard) to do her business," she said. "I went out an hour and a half later and came across this massive big amethystine python, with a big lump in it."

Ms Stewart said she had become so distressed over the incident she had moved out of her Fallon Close home to get away from the snake. Australian Venom Zoo operator Stuart Douglas was called to remove the python, keeping it temporarily at his zoo before releasing it into the wild at a secret location well away from domestic animals.

With news video.