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Hero dog saves buried baby in northeastern Thailand
BANGKOK, May 18, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – An attentive dog in northeastern
Thailand is being hailed as a hero after finding and saving an infant
allegedly buried in a field by his teenage mother, police said Saturday.
The newborn was lying under a layer of dirt near a farm in the Chumpuang
district of Nakhon Ratchasima province but was found the same day — May 15 –
– by a curious canine named Ping Pong.
The dog dug around the area and began barking, alerting his owner a cattle
herder, who went to the site.
“I don’t think it was long after his mother buried him before the dog
found him,” case officer Panuvat Udkam told AFP.
He added that the boy was healthy, was recovering in hospital, and was so
young he had not been named yet.
The teenage mother was charged with attempted murder and abandonment of
children.
Officer Panuvat said the suspect was 15 years old and had tried to dispose
of the child because she was afraid her parents would get angry.
“So after she delivered the baby by herself she buried it,” he said.
Local media coverage hailed the achievement and social media users praised
Ping Pong’s good deed.
A dog is the “best friend” of human beings, a Facebook user commented on
the page of media outlet Khaosod English.
BSS/AFP/FI/ 1442 hrs