A woman in India was filmed throwing a newborn baby girl into a drain in Kaithal city on Thursday 18 July.

Street dogs found the child and alerted people to the child's presence with their barking.

The baby was then saved and taken to the District Civil Hospital in Kaithal, where doctors said she was lucky to be alive.

It is thought to be a case of attempted female infanticide -- still a problem in parts of India, where a female child may be considered an economic burden