In 2009, a man went to save his dog which had chased a kangaroo into a farm dam.

The Lion is useless, don't trust him to save my little dog!

He fails to save his dog from a bomb.

Hoping to save her dog, Pepper is pulled in with him.

Fire officials said she also tried to save the family's dog, cat, parakeet and hamster.

Diamond dies in a dynamite explosion, killed trying to save his dog.

The woman was bitten on the hand by the coyote while trying to save her dog.

The wife of a park ranger washed away in floodwaters trying to save a kid's dog.

Wise also fell through the ice trying to save his dog, and would have died if a stranger had not pulled him out.

He chose to save his manuscripts rather than his dog.