TIRUCHY: In a poignant incident, a country dog, that rescued its master’s family from a snake, died after killing the reptile in a brief fight in Pudukkottai late on Sunday night.

Sources said Jayanth and his family members residing at Kurinjipatti near Illuppur in Pudukkottai were having a pet country dog. On Sunday night, family members woke up from their sleep after hearing unusual noise outside. When the inmates rushed out to check, they were shocked to see their dog fighting a cobra that was trying to enter the house. During the fight, both the dog and the snake died.