This dog's motherly instincts led her to bravely fight a poisonous snake that was threatening her family of puppies.<br /><br />Filmed near the outskirts of Bhadrak, Odisha in eastern India on September 17, the video shows the mother dog barking ferociously at the cobra.<br /><br />The dog and its seven puppies had taken shelter under the staircase of a house. When the snake slithered in and bit two of the puppies, leaving them dead, the mother dog pounced upon the poisonous snake.<br /><br />On hearing the fierce hissing and barking, local people gathered at the spot to watch the fight.<br /><br />Despite the mother's bravery, two puppies died at the hands of the vicious snake. Locals called Mirza Mohd Arif, a snake rescuer, who then took the reptile away.
