This is the dramatic moment an escaped python is recaptured and returned to the zoo - after eating a family's farm animals.

The 15ft long snake - nicknamed Sawa - sparked panic when it broke out of its enclosure at the Albay Park and Wildlife centre in Albay province, the Philippines.

Several days later the rampaging serpent was discovered by a shocked resident hiding under a pile of laundry in their spare room on November 4.

They called the zoo and park staff arrived to find the python onto a shelf behind an electric keyboard. They dragged it down and with a long lasso on the end of a pole and stuffed the snake into a sack.

Shaken homeowner Makol Bolanos said: ''The snake might have been the one eating our backyard poultry animals. We've lost a goose, some turkeys, and a number of chickens.''

A spokesman for Albay Park and Wildlife said the python is believed to have slithered out through a gap in the enclosure.

They said: ''We have checked the room and ensured that it is secure. We don't think this will happen again.''

Escaped python captured and returned to zoo after killing family's farm animals

This is the dramatic moment an escaped python is recaptured and returned to the zoo - after eating a family's farm animals.

The 15ft long snake - nicknamed Sawa - sparked panic when it broke out of its enclosure at the Albay Park and Wildlife centre in Albay province, the Philippines.

Several days later the rampaging serpent was discovered by a shocked resident hiding under a pile of laundry in their spare room on November 4.

They called the zoo and park staff arrived to find the python onto a shelf behind an electric keyboard. They dragged it down and with a long lasso on the end of a pole and stuffed the snake into a sack.

Shaken homeowner Makol Bolanos said: ''The snake might have been the one eating our backyard poultry animals. We've lost a goose, some turkeys, and a number of chicken.''

A spokesman for Albay Park and Wildlife said the python is believed to have slithered out through a gap in the enclosure.

They said: ''We have checked the room and ensured that it is secure. We don't think this will happen again.''