by Adeola Balogun

A woman in Australia tied her pet dog outside in her house in its cage just to find the next morning that it had been devoured by a huge snake.

The pet owner found the python lying in her dog’s kennel with the chain dangling from its mouth and its stomach protruded from its last meal.

The tiny Chihuahua-Maltese cross stood no chance against the 2.5-metre python which attacked it in its cage and is said to be about 50-years old.

The snake however bit off more than it could chew when the dog’s chain left it immobilized and the dog’s owner had to call the Wildlife Information Rescue and Education Service (WIRES) to save the reptile.

The woman who is said to be a wildlife lover did not blame the snake for the incident. More photos below:

The distraught owner called a wildlife rescue service, who had to cut the chain to remove the snake