A dramatic video has emerged of a Belgian Malinois being rescued by her owner after she was attacked by a python in a game reserve.

The footage, shot by Tal Fineberg at Mbuluzi Game Reserve in Swaziland, shows anti-poaching dog Kira fighting off a python biting her.

Once Fineberg manages to get the python off his dog, he can be seen cleaning the wound before Kira walks off "like nothing happened".

"It all started when Kira was ahead of me and took this bite from a huge Southern African Rock Python. She was clearly in distress and she fought back holding the python in her mouth," Fineberg told Newsflare.

"I think for me mostly as amazingly she didn't seem phased at all and she looked a little disappointed and confused on why we ended the patrol and headed back to the vehicle."

"Pythons are not venomous but they have nasty bacteria in their saliva so the wound needs to be looked after," he added.

My name is Tal Fineberg. I am the manager of a small game reserve in The Kingdom of Swaziland in Southern Africa.
This incident occurred at Mbuluzi Game Reserve in Swaziland www.mbuluzi.com

The incident occurred on a morning patrol with my anti-poaching dog Kira. She is a Belgian Maliois that I have trained to assist me and be my companion in the bush.
It all started when Kira was ahead of me and took this bite from a huge Southern African Rock Python. She was clearly in distress and she fought back holding the python in her mouth.
I only remembered to switch on the GoPro about a minute into the ordeal so it was quite lengthy and nerve racking ordeal. I think for me mostly as amazingly she didn't seem phased at all and she looked a little disappointed and confused on why we ended the patrol and headed back to the vehicle.
She was so good at listening to me (after a few repeated commands) even with a huge reptile firmly attached to her.

Pythons are not venomous but they have nasty bacteria in their saliva so the wound needs to be looked after. Right now about 3 hours after in happened she is quietly sleeping at my feet and seems 100% and ready to go out on patrol again.

This is Kira's second (although worst) bite from a python and something tells me it will not be the last!