Dogs are always known as loyal to their masters. A Labrador killed a cobra and lost his own life to save life of his master and his family in Bargaon block of Sundargarh district.
Krupasindu Panda, a retired bank employee, is an animal lover. He has kept a cow, a cat and a few dogs in his house. Only after his pets take the food, Panda couple goes to eat the food. Panda had a 3- year-old Labrador, whom he fondly called “Prince”.
Prince openly moves in the garden of Panda. On Friday night, after taking dinner, Panda and his wife went to sleep. Prince was moving in the garden outside the house. A cobra was entering into the house of Panda but when Prince saw it, he started barking. Later, they had a face-off. The cobra bit Prince and Prince also bit the snake, following which the cobra died there and Prince after coming to his rest place, died there.
On Saturday morning, when Panda woke up, he saw Prince lying dead after being bitten by a cobra and the cobra lying dead nearby. After hearing about the loyalty of Prince, a number of persons of the locality rushed to the house of Panda to see the deceased dog.
“My Prince lost his life to save our lives from a cobra,” said Krupasindu Panda, while sobbing. “Prince was always obedient and he sacrificed his life for us,” Panda said, adding, “The death of Prince is a personal loss to me.”
Later, Panda and his family members buried Prince inside the premises of their house.