A 12ft long python was caught mid-way through eating a pet chicken.

The snake slithered into a garden in Chachoengsao, Thailand, before brazenly poaching one of the owners prized cocks.

The fighting bird - worth 2,700 baht (61gbp) - was bitten by the aggressive snake, which dragged it off into the undergrowth.

Homeowner ‎Jirapong Siysin‎ called rescuers who arrived and found the bird's legs sticking out of the python's mouth.

Sadly, it was too late to save the chicken. The snake was put inside a sack and released into the wilderness several miles away after the incident on April 9 at 6 pm.

Jirapong, 36, said: ''There's a fence around my garden. The snake found a gap through.

''I think the snake came from a pond near the house. I'm shocked it came in the daytime.''

A 12ft long python was caught mid-way through eating a pet chicken.

The snake slithered into a garden in Chachoengsao, Thailand, before brazenly poaching one of the owners prized cocks.

The fighting bird - worth 2,700 baht (61gbp) - was bitten by the aggressive snake, which dragged it off into the undergrowth.

Homeowner ‎Jirapong Siysin‎ called rescuers who arrived and found the bird's legs sticking out of the python's mouth.

Sadly, it was too late to save the chicken. The snake was put inside a sack and released into the wilderness several miles away after the incident on April 9 at 6pm.

Jirapong, 36, said: ''There's a fence around my garden. The snake found a gap through.

''I think the snake came from a pond near the house. I'm shocked it came in the daytime.''