Dog saves woman from committing suicide
A French woman's loyal German Shepherd dog saved her from committing suicide by knocking aside a rifle she tried to fire into her heart, local police said.
'At the moment she pulled the trigger, her dog jumped on her and diverted the shot,' a local police officer said Photo: Alamy
The 63-year-old woman had walked into her garden in the southern French
town of Sorgues in the Vaucluse region, fired several test shots of a
22-calibre rifle and then turned the gun on her chest.
"At the moment she pulled the trigger, her dog jumped on her and diverted
the shot," a local police officer said, adding that the dog "probably
sensed things and knocked into her to save her."
The woman was found by her husband, conscious but suffering from a chest
wound. She was taken to hospital but her injury is not considered
life-threatening.
The latest tale of dog heroics comes days after reports
that a mongrel in Poland was hailed by firefighters for likely
saving the life of a three-year-old girl who went missing from her home
overnight in sub-zero temperatures.
The child, Julia, went missing on Friday near her home in the Polish village
of Pierzwin. She was found on Saturday morning by firefighters after the
heard her crying for her mother after she had spent the night in
temperatures of 23F (-5C). More than 200 people had helped in the search for
her.
The mongrel, who was seen playing with the girl earlier in the day, was lying
beside her in marshes when she was found.
