Hank rescued a baby from a snake and then: "on April 14, at
approximately 5:32 central standard time, Hank the Cowdog lost
consciousness, went into convulsion's and slipped into a deep coma.
Death followed shortly. Cause of death was determined to be a
massive dose of poison from a six foot diamondback rattlesnake. One
of the bravest dogs ever to come out of the Texas panhandle, Hank
was loved by everyone who knew him."