A hero dog that lost its snout while saving its owner’s daughter and her cousin from being hit by a motorbike 10 years ago has died peacefully in its bed.

Veterinarian Anton Lim, who looked after Kabang the dog after its owner passed away six years ago, announced that the pooch died peacefully at its home in the Philippines on 17th May aged 13.

The female dog became famous in 2011 after she ran past her owner’s daughter and her young cousin and into the path of an oncoming motorbike in a bid to save them, losing her snout as a result.

Lim flew the dog to the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine in the US for a snout reconstruction operation that lasted over five hours and although still shockingly mutilated, she survived.

Veterinarian surgeons had managed to close up the dog’s wound and also treated her for a type of cancer, heartworm, and other conditions.

The hero dog returned to the Philippines after seven months’ treatment in the US, much to the delight of its then owner, Rudy Bunggal.

The owner died in 2015 and Lim gladly cared for the dog in her final years.

Lim said Kabang did not show any signs of sickness or pain before passing away peacefully in her bed, and always maintained a healthy appetite, as seen in one of the clips.

To commemorate the hero pooch, Lim’s family said they will erect a statue on a boulevard in the city of Zamboanga in honour of Kabang.

The animal’s remains are currently buried in the family’s back garden, but they hope to relocate them to the statue site when it is erected.