BANGKOK, Thailand — An attentive dog in northeastern Thailand is being hailed as a hero after finding and saving an infant allegedly buried in a field by his teenage mother, police said Saturday. The dog dug around the area and began barking, alerting his owner a cattle herder, who went to the site. "I don't think it was long after his mother buried him before the dog found him," case officer Panuvat Udkam told AFP. The teenage mother was charged with attempted murder and abandonment of children. A dog is the "best friend" of human beings, a Facebook user commented on the page of media outlet Khaosod English.

Source: Philippine Star May 18, 2019 07:07 UTC