Saihu (赛虎 = "like a tiger"), from Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province, southern China. On 28 November
2003, a chef was preparing dinner for almost 30 people at a driving school. The smell of the
cooking meat attracted some nearby puppies to the school, along with their mother, Saihu. The
chef threw some scraps of meat from the pot to the puppies, but strangely, the puppies' mother
prevented them from eating. Saihu also kept barking at the chef, as well as the people who
were preparing to eat. Confused but undeterred, the people prepared to eat the meal the chef
had made. Saihu became panicked and ran around barking at the guests, before finally eating
all the meat and scraps from the chef. After just a few minutes, Saihu fell dead on the floor.
The guests, shocked at the dog's death, called a policeman as well as some doctors, who discovered
poison contamination in the meat. No people or puppies died. Saihu must have smelled the poison
and had saved the people and her puppies by sacrificing herself. The people of Jiujaing were so
grateful to Saihu that they set up a grave statue to memorialize the dog.