Kabang

Kabang (February 29, 2008 – May 17, 2021) was a shepherd mix aspin from Zamboanga City, Philippines, who became internationally famous and was described as a "hero dog" when she rescued two children from a potentially fatal motorcycle crash.

In December 2011, Bunggal's 9-year-old daughter Dina and a 3-year-old cousin, Princess Diansing, attempted to cross a busy street in the path of a motorcycle.

[1] In the accident, Kabang had suffered extensive injuries to her nose and upper jaw but Bunggal refused to have the dog euthanized.

[1][3] Kabang, heralded by the Philippine press as a hero, had difficulty eating but otherwise continued living normally and even became pregnant.

[1] In February 2012, Karen Kenngott, a nurse from upstate New York, saw Kabang's story on the Internet and decided to help.

"[2] Kabang was brought to the William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital at UC Davis in the United States during October 2012 to undergo a specialized surgery.

[3] Preliminary evaluations revealed that Kabang had heartworms and a transmissible venereal tumor, a type of cancer.