Rescuers caught a giant python from a pig sty before it could eat the owner's livestock.<br /><br />Patchanee Buanui, 42, contacted the rescue team after she found the huge snake on her farm in Trang, southern Thailand.<br /><br />The rescue team went to the house and used the snake catching rod to pull the snake out as shocked bystanders looked on. The serpent was almost 13ft long.<br /><br />The owner then rushed into her pigsty and was relieved that none of her livestock were eaten. <br /><br />She said: "My pig mother had just given birth to piglets and I think the snake might have smelled them.<br /><br />"I went into the pigsty this morning and was shocked to see it, I was worried about my pigs but I was also frightened by the serpent as well so I call the rescuer right away."<br /><br />Patchanee said that this is the third snake that has raided her livestock area. She added: "I also have a chicken coop nearby and both attract snakes.<br /><br />"Fortunately, this time the snake was caught before it could eat my livestock unlike the past two times ."<br /><br />The giant python was put into the sack and was brought along with the rescuers to release it into the wild.
