Hero canine saves baby

AN attentive dog in northeast Thailand is being hailed a hero after finding and saving a baby allegedly buried in a field by his teenage mother, police said.

The newborn was lying under a layer of dirt near a farm in the Chumpuang district of Nakhon Ratchasima province, but was found the same day by a curious canine named Ping Pong.

The dog dug around the area and began barking, alerting his owner, a cattle herder.

Police said the baby boy was healthy and recovering.