A 12ft long python was caught mid-way through eating a pet chicken. <br /><br />The snake slithered into a garden in Chachoengsao, Thailand, before brazenly poaching one of the owners prized cocks. <br /><br />The fighting bird - worth 2,700 baht (61gbp) - was bitten by the aggressive snake, which dragged it off into the undergrowth. <br /><br />Homeowner Jirapong Siysin called rescuers who arrived and found the bird's legs sticking out of the python's mouth. <br /><br />Sadly, it was too late to save the chicken. The snake was put inside a sack and released into the wilderness several miles away after the incident on April 9 at 6 pm.<br /><br />Jirapong, 36, said: ''There's a fence around my garden. The snake found a gap through. <br /><br />''I think the snake came from a pond near the house. I'm shocked it came in the daytime.''
