Brave cat dies after leaping into action to protect children from deadly snake

A ‘four-legged hero’ has died after leaping into action to protect two young children from one of Australia’s most dangerous snakes.

The cat, named Arthur, was in the backyard of his Queensland family’s home when an eastern brown snake slithered in.

The eastern brown is one Australia’s most venomous snakes.

According to the Animal Emergency Service, which is based across Brisbane, the Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast, the snake went right up to two children playing.

Arthur jumped at…