This is the dramatic moment two kittens were saved from being eaten by a monitor lizard.<br /><br />The rescue team rushed to the home in Chachoengsao, eastern Thailand, where the reptile had pounced on the moggies and dragged them under a black tarpaulin sheet.<br /><br />A woman who owns the house contacted the emergency services after she saw the reptile hiding in her back garden on July 7.<br /><br />The beast is believed to have already easten at least one kitten and had two more in its claws toying with them while trying to swallow the hapless felines.<br /><br />However, animal handlers arrived and chased away the reptile which made an escape by scampering down a drain.<br /><br />The resident, Thida, said: "I first heard a cat growling from the fence and when I came out to check it I saw the monitor lizard eating something under the cloth.<br /> <br />"I contacted the rescue team to catch it and save the kittens but I think the reptile had already eaten others before it was scared away.''
