The ultimate dog's dinner: Hundreds of caged canines saved from the cooking pot by quick-thinking Chinese activists

By Lee Moran


Sickening: Dogs destined to be slaughtered and served up in China's restaurants were saved when the truck transporting them was intercepted by animal rights activists

Dogs destined to be slaughtered and served up in China's restaurants were saved when the truck transporting them was intercepted by animal rights activists.

The vehicle, carrying 505 canines packed into just 156 tiny cages, was stopped on Yunnan Province's highway from Fumin to Kunming after other drivers spotted its sickening cargo.

A number posted pictures and comments about the load on the Chinese equivalent of Twitter, Weibo, prompting the police to stop the lorry at the next toll gate.


Shocking: A total of 505 desperate-looking dogs were packed into just 156 tiny cages


Deaths: Due to the terrible conditions a number of the dogs had already died by the time they were discovered

It was then directed to a nearby police station where animal lovers, alerted to the news over the internet, began to arrive.

Sadly, due to the terrible conditions a number had already died by the time they were discovered.

One activist said: 'They were cramped together. A cage could be stuffed with seven to eight. Our hearts were broken in seeing that.'

Volunteers removed the cages from the lorry and spent the night feeding, watering and treating the animals.


Helping hand: Volunteers removed the cages from the lorry and spent the night feeding, watering and treating the animals


Cramped: Activists said seven to eight dogs were packed into each cage

Unbelievable: Horrifyingly, officers from the local Animal Inspection Department investigating the matter discovered that the transportation of the dogs was legal

Horrifyingly, officers from the local Animal Inspection Department investigating the matter discovered that the transportation of the dogs was legal.

The person who owned them did indeed have a licence and police were unable to act despite suspecting the dogs were headed for dog meat restaurants.

Another activist added: 'We can't stop them from eating dogs, as we don't have an animal welfare law. We just hope the government could stop dog mongers from doing dog business.'

However, a private dog rescue centre then stepped forward and brought all of the dogs off their owner for 60,000 Yuan (£5,900).

The animals will now be cared for until new owners can be found for them.


Sad: The person who owned them did indeed have a licence and police were unable to act despite suspecting the dogs were headed for dog meat restaurants





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Kung Fu Guinea Pig: Incredible picture shows moment pint-sized ninja let the fur fly against a DOG

By Daily Mail Reporter


Slovaks are currently living in a fear of this tiny tearaway - whose fearsome fighting skills have seen it dubbed the Kung Fu Guinea Pig.

The pint-sized ninja terrified dog walker Marta Domotorova when it attacked her Hungarian pointer dogs during a stroll on heathland near her Hradok home.

With a series of spinning kicks and leaps the fearless rodent saw off both the hapless hounds as they tried to play with it.

Scary: Slovaks are currently living in a fear of this tiny tearaway - dubbed the Kung Fu Guinea Pig

Marta said: 'Bona started barking and Meggie wanted to sniff it. I guess it got pretty scared although both dogs are harmless and just wanted to play.

'But then they got pretty scared when the guinea pig started its Kung Fu chops.'

Local wildlife experts think the furious furball is an escaped household pet.

One said: 'It's not the first time we've heard of this. These creatures are usually docile family pets but when threatened they will fight for their lives like any animal that thinks it's been cornered.'

Others have questioned whether the guinea pig is actually a hamster and some cynics - believe it or not - have suggested the little critter's flight may have had some digital assistance.


Fearsome: Local wildlife experts think the furious furball is an escaped household pet



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Waddle they be wearing next season? Have a gander at the latest in duck fashion... it's guaranteed to quack you up

By Daily Mail Reporter


These dapper ducks had punters in a real flap as they showed of the latest feathery threads at their very own fashion show.

The supermodel birds waddled their way down the catwalk, much to the delight of the audience as part of a family fashion show in Sydney, Australia.

The piece de resistance came when a duck bride and groom resplendent in all their finery waddled their way down the aisle.

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Feathery fashion victims: These glamorous geese strut their stuff at the duck fashion show in Australia

The wacky event also featured a duck racing competition.

Owner Brian Harrington, who runs the show, said: 'If they were human, they would be on top money.

'They have an ever-changing wardrobe with the latest fashion styles.

Farmer Brian Harrington, who runs the show, has been putting on the displays for 30 years and cleans and irons all the outfits himself

'I’ve taken bookings from all over the world and when we do street walks with three ducks and a dog, people come out from the shops on both sides.'

Brian has been putting on the fashion shows for 30 years and cleans and irons all the outfits himself.

The farmer from New South Wales, also trains pigs which, this year, played a chaotic version of musical chairs.


Wedding bills: The feathery bride and groom waddle down the isle





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Unimaginable horror as helicopter-borne poachers massacre 22 elephants before hacking off their tusks and genitals

-Record numbers of ivory seizures amid rise of organised crime gangs


By Simon Tomlinson


In a scene of inconceivable horror, these slaughtered elephant carcasses show the barbaric lengths poachers will go to in their hunt for nature's grim booty.

The bodies were among a herd of 22 animals massacred in a helicopter-borne attack by professionals who swooped over their quarry.

The scene beneath the rotor blades would have been chilling - panicked mothers shielding their young, hair-raising screeches and a mad scramble through the blood-stained bush as bullets rained down from the sky.

Barbaric: In a scene too graphic to show in full, the carcasses of some of the 22 massacred elephants lay strewn across Garamba National Park in the Congo after being gunned down by helicopter-borne poachers

When the shooting was over, all of the herd lay dead, one of the worst such killings in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo in living memory.

'It's been a long time since we've seen something like this,' said Dr Tshibasu Muamba, head of international cooperation for the Congolese state conservation agency, ICCN, as he surveyed the macarbre scene at Garamba National Park.

After the slaughter, the killers set about removing their tusks and genitals before likely smuggling them through South Sudan or Uganda, which form part of an 'Ivory Road' linking Africa to Asia.

Elephant and rhino poaching is surging, conservationists say, an illegal piece of Asia's scramble for African resources, driven by the growing purchasing power of the region's newly affluent classes.


Massacred: Members of the Pilanesberg National Park Anti-Poaching Unit stand guard as conservationists and police investigate the scene of a rhino poaching earlier this month in South Africa, where nearly two rhinos a day are being killed to meet demand for the animal's horn, which is worth more than its weight in gold


Rising trend: Elephant and rhino poaching is being driven by the growing purchasing power of the continent's newly affluent classes

'Biggest challenge': Conservation group TRAFFIC, which monitors the global trade in animals, said 2011 was the worst year for large ivory seizures in the more than two decades it has been tracking the trends

A record number of big ivory seizures were made globally in 2011 and the trend looks set to continue in 2012 as elephant massacres take place from Congo to Cameroon, where as many as 200 of the pachyderms, listed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as 'vulnerable', were slain in January.

In South Africa, nearly two rhinos a day are being killed to meet demand for the animal's horn, which is worth more than its weight in gold. More are being killed each week now than were being taken on an annual basis a decade ago.

Conservation group TRAFFIC, which monitors the global trade in animals and plants, said 2011 was the worst year for large ivory seizures in the more than two decades it has been running a database tracking the trends.

After the trade in ivory was banned at the end of the 1980s - a policy implemented to stem a slaughter of elephants at the time - the illegal trade declined sharply, helped by the co-operation of Japan from where most of the demand had been coming.

Conservationists say there was a spike in the mid 1990s driven by emerging Chinese demand that bubbled for a few years, then dropped off as red flags were raised.


Targeted: An elephant walks through scrub in the dusk light in Pilanesberg National Park in South Africa's North West Province. Hundreds of the pachyderms, listed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as 'vulnerable', were slain in 2011

Endangered: A White Rhino and her calf walk in the dusk light in Pilanesberg National Park. More than 180 have been killed in South Africa so far this year

Zimbabwe-based Tom Milliken, who manages TRAFFIC's Elephant Trade Information System, said since 2004 'the trend has been escalating upwards again, dramatically so over the last three years.'

Ben Janse van Rensburg, head of enforcement for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the international treaty that governs trade in plants and animals, said: 'The biggest challenge is that in the last few years there has been a big shift from your ordinary poachers to your organized crime groups.'

This was on display in Congo last month, where investigators determined the poachers shot from the air because of the trajectory of the bullet wounds.

Helicopters do not come cheaply and their use points to a high level of organization.

Ken Maggs, the head of the environmental crimes investigation unit for South African National Parks, said one person recently arrested for trade in rhino horn had 5.1 million rand ($652,400) in cash in the boot of his car.

South Africa is the epicenter of rhino poaching because it hosts virtually the entire population of white rhino - 18,800 head or 93 per cent - and about 40 per cent of Africa's much rarer black rhino.

As of the middle of April, 181 rhinos had been killed in South Africa in 2012, according to official government data.

At this rate, more than 600 will be lost to poachers this year compared with 448 in 2011.

A decade ago, only a handful were being taken.


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The lesser-spotted cheetah: Rare big cat without traditional markings sighted in wild for first time in nearly 100 years

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They say a leopard never changes its spots but that doesn't appear to be the case for its cheetah cousin.

For the first time in almost a century a spotless cheetah has been, er, spotted.

The mythical-like creature was discovered by a British wildlife photographer who set out to find it after several reported sightings.

Guy Combes, originally from Shaftesbury, Dorset, scoured 100,000 acres of land in Kenya using a Land Rover and even a plane before he tracked it down.

Bareback big cat: An extremely rare spotless adult cheetah is seen in the Kenyan plains - the first time one has been sighted in nearly 100 years

Guy, 41, got within 50 yards of the unique creature that had a plain sandy coat of fur with hundreds of small freckles on its back and no sign of black spots.

According to experts, the last recorded sighting of a spotless cheetah was in 1921.

And they believe the genetic throwback may actually help the young adult male thrive in the wild as it could be mistaken for a lion.

Guy said: 'I didn't think it likely that we would find the cheetah and after three days I gave up and went back to Nairobi.

'I then got a call saying it had been seen again so I spent another two days searching.

'It was on the last morning that a pilot who was assisting me spent 45 minutes circling an area so I bombed over to where it was and found the cheetah with its mum that had spots.

On the prowl: The British photographer Guy Combes got within 50 yards of the cheetah after scouring more than 100,000 acres

'I was really excited as we managed to get about 50 yards away. It was one of the biggest rushes I've had in my life.

'Not only was he a staggeringly beautiful animal but I knew that this was a privilege very few other people would ever have.

'I didn't expect to see it at all, the area we were going to search was 100,000 acres without borders and he could have easily been beyond that.

'It was one of the biggest rushes I've ever had in my life.

'He ran off after a while but only when a serval cat appeared and he took off after it.

'The theory is that the recessive gene that causes the markings, or lack of them, is similar to the phenomenon that causes the markings on the 'King' cheetah of South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Genetic throwback: Experts say the mythical mutant would fare favourably in the wild because it may be mistaken for a lion

'It was pretty exciting to be able to capture the cheetah and still is, as a wildlife artist it's great and people are quite envious.'

Guy discovered the cheetah at the Athi Kapiti Conservancy in Kenya.

Danny Nineham, a big cat consultant from Gloucestershire said: 'I haven't seen a picture like this one before, I would say this cheetah is very rare indeed.

'To the best of my knowledge and research it was 1921 when a cheetah like this was last seen.

'The mutant cheetah like any mutant big cat are natural variations that sometimes occur due to spontaneous genetic changes in genes.

Familiar figure: A cheetah with the spots nature lovers are more used to seeing

'This colour would help this animal in the wild, as the lion and the puma have this same colour and they survive very well.'

John Pullen, curator of mammals at Marwell Zoo, near Winchester, Hants, said: 'This is really like a rare skin issue where something has happened to the genetic coding that would give the normal patterning.

'I haven't seen a picture like this in cheetahs, every now and again a photo will turn up of an albino or meleanistic animal, more so than this type of coloration issue.

'This sort of thing is always interesting and personal I love to see these variants that will turn up in the wild.'



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In need of a loving new home: Soldier the Alsatian starved to within an inch of its life by cruel owner

-Shocking treatment among a growing number of animal cruelty cases
-Convictions for cruelty or neglect rose by a quarter last year to 1,341
-Others included dog stabbed with potato peeler, blind kitten dumped
in a carrier bag and bearded dragons left for months inside handbags


By Keith Gladdis and Simon Tomlinson


With barely a morsel of flesh left on his body and his fur falling out, Soldier looks on his last legs.

The once-strapping Alsatian cross was discovered by RSPCA inspectors weighing just half his healthy weight after being starved to bare bones by his former owner.

A view from above reveals just how shockingly close he came to death, with his body measuring just a couple of inches across at its narrowest.

Emaciated and elated: Soldier the Alsatian cross cuts a sorry figure (left) after being found weighing just half his normal body weight and (right) back to his happy self after nursed back to health by the RSPCA

Fortunately, he was rescued just in time and his owner has now been prosecuted for animal cruelty.

He now weighs in at a happy 42kg and is looking for a loving new home after being nursed back to health at the RSPCA's centre in Ashley Heath, near Ringwood, Hampshire.

But his story is one which is becoming increasingly common as convictions for cruelty to animals rose by almost a quarter last year, according to figures released today by the RSPCA.

Cases included a dog repeatedly stabbed with a potato peeler, a blind kitten found dumped in a carrier bag and a pair of bearded dragons left for two months inside handbags in a loft.


Shockingly thin: Soldier's owner has been prosecuted for animal cruelty, along with more than 1,000 others in the past year

Bright future: Soldier, pictured with RSPCA inspector Patrick Bailey, is now looking for a caring new owner after being looked after at the charity's Animal Centre at Ashley Heath near Ringwood, Hampshire

Some 1,341 people were convicted of cruelty or neglect against pets and farm animals in 2011, a rise of 23.5 per cent on the previous year.

A total of 74 prison sentences were imposed - a rise of 27% - including one for a man filmed kicking his dog and pulling him into the air with his lead while taking him for a walk.

There was also a 21 per cent jump in the number of disqualification orders imposed by the courts with 1,100 people banned from keeping animals.

The RSPCA received 1,314,795 calls from the public last year and had a 98.2 per cent prosecution success rate for the cases it took to court.

But now, on the eve of RSCPA week - its annual fundraising push - the charity says it is struggling to cope with the upsurge in cases.

RSPCA chief executive Gavin Grant said: 'The RSPCA faces a crisis that is stretching us to breaking point.

'We show zero tolerance to animal abusers. Anyone causing animals pain for profit or pleasure will be tracked down and prosecuted.

'We need the courts and councils, police and people who care to join us in standing
up and getting justice for Britain's abused animals.'

RSPCA inspectors witnessed some appalling acts of cruelty including finding an emaciated dog alive in a home where another dog, two cats, a hamster and a rat had died of starvation.

Cross breed collie Beethoven had only survived after it fed on the remains of the two cats. His fellow dog Buster had died.

Jayne Bashford of the RSPCA described the scene at the property as 'truly horrific and disturbing'.

She added: 'Particularly disturbing to me were the scratch marks on the rear of the kitchen door where Buster had desperately tried to escape before he was found dead in his bed.'

A Wolverhampton man was jailed for 20 weeks in jail after he admitted 34 animal cruelty charges.

Beethoven was rescued and has now been rehomed in Liverpool.

The RSPCA statistics also record some amazing stories of survival.

They include the case of a lurcher-type dog which survived after two men broke her back and stabbed her with a potato peeler.

Maggie May was left to die but was nursed back to full fitness by RSPCA staff.

Statistically, the north of England has the worst record when it comes to cruelty to animals for 2011 with 1048 people reported and 533 of those convicted.

West Yorkshire was the area with the most cases reported at 216 with 82 convictions.

The Welsh appear to be kindest to their animals with only 84 convictions from 220 reports of animal cruelty.

Sally Case, head of society prosecutions, said: 'The RSPCA strives to keep animals with their owners wherever possible and offers advice on improving their welfare.

'Overwhelmingly this advice is followed, but where it isn't, or where someone has already harmed an animal there has to be a way of ensuring that animals are not left to suffer and the RSPCA is the charity people turn to - and we are struggling to continue providing this service.

'Of course we work closely with governmental and other charitable organisations, but we are the main organisation which prosecutes those who abuse animals and which can prevent cruelty to animals.

'We can't do this without the help and support of the public and we need it now more than ever.'



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Horrific pictures of man dragging his horse from the back of his pick-up truck after it 'escaped to romance the neighboring males'

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Fighting back: Annie the Arabian mare was being pulled by her owner's car as he tried to bring her back to their Connecticut farm

An elderly Connecticut author is under investigation after being caught on tape as he dragged his horse from the back of his car.

Culver Modisette, 86, was bringing his horse back as it was had wandered off to 'romance' neighboring horses while in heat.

Annie, the pure bred Arabian mare, went loose on Sunday morning from its barn in Stafford Springs, Connecticut.

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Hurt: The horse eventually fell and the owner got out to walk it back to their property, though she only sustained minor injuries on her leg

Mr Modisette said that the horse was making advances at her male neighbor horses and he used an unusual and rather cruel tactic to get her back.

He put a nylon rope around the horse's neck and attached it to the back of his red pick-up truck.

'What else was I going to do?' Mr Modisette told WFSB.

'I've got to bring her down, I can't leave her up there.'

He said that while he did keep the car in neutral, the horse did fall at one point.

She was not dragged on her side, but she was upright most of the time, though was putting up a strong fight.


Unwilling: The horse clearly did not like being pulled by the truck

Slow: The owner said that the car was in neutral and he was not using the gas

'I was trying to get her down in her stable for her breakfast and apples and so forth. No malicious intent,' he said.

His neighbor Helen Kelley was the one to spot the incident and she took pictures of the horse tied up with the rope.

She screamed out for him to stop when the horse fell and he didn't seem to notice.

Though he may not have noticed the horse on the ground, he did hear Ms Kelley's screams and he stopped the car and walked the horse the rest of the way home.

In the end, the horse only suffered a few scrapes on her legs which were later treated by her veterinarian.

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Dog that goes roof, roof: How a faithful pet keeps watch over thatcher at work

By Andrew Levy


Walkies on the wild side: Axel the dog on his lofty perch beside owner Richard Haughton


As a one-man dog, Axel the labrador cross always follows his master’s lead.

So when thatcher Richard Haughton takes to the ladder, Axel does too.

Passing motorists can hardly believe their eyes when they spot a hefty black dog perched on the roof supervising Mr Haughton and his team.

Going up: Mr Haughton gives Axel a reassuring push, left, before shouldering the burden on the way down


As the old joke goes, he loves work – he can watch it all day. And in between there are breaks for food or snacks from clients.

When it is time to go home, Axel – who was first taken on to a roof at seven weeks old and has not missed a single job in the five years since – hitches a lift down on Mr Haughton’s shoulders.

‘He comes everywhere with me and is perfectly happy to sit and watch us at work,’ said the father of two from Witton, near North Walsham, Norfolk.

‘When he was a pup we had to carry him up the ladder but he soon learned how to climb the rungs himself. You just have to be behind him so he has the confidence to get up.


One man and his dog: The pair silhouetted high on the pub roof


Mr Haughton was given Axel when he was a puppy by a relative who could no longer look after him as he was doing shift work

Axel the labrador spends up to five hours a day perched on rooftops so he can watch his owner, thatcher Richard Haughton, at work

‘Once he is on the ridge, he just sits or lies down and keeps an eye on us. Sometimes he also has a little wander around. He would much rather be there than sitting in the back of the van.

‘He is very agile and he has never fallen off. He certainly is not frightened in the slightest about heights. It doesn’t worry him at all.’

The dog rarely gets wet as Mr Haughton and his colleagues, Leyton Rutherford and Charles Tedder, stop working when it is raining heavily.

The only other time he comes down during working hours is in hot weather. Then he will sit in a shady spot on the ground or go inside the client’s house if invited.

The clever pooch has learned how to climb a ladder to join Mr Haughton, 33, as he lays new thatch on country cottages all over Norfolk

Apart from his labrador ancestry, Axel is also part Newfoundland and part rottweiler. ‘He weighs seven and a half stone, so he is quite heavy,’ added Mr Haughton.

‘But he is very good at balancing and he happily jumps on my shoulders so I can carry him down when we have a break or finish for the day.’

Mr Haughton, who has been in the trade since 16 and runs Broadland Thatchers, said: ‘Customers always want to know where he is when we turn up and nobody has ever questioned what he does. He’s a very loyal old boy.’

Axel can currently be seen on the roof of a pub which is being rethatched in Scottow, near North Walsham. Mr Haughton said: ‘A lot of people are doing a double take as they drive past and see Axel sitting on the roof. We are used to motorists pulling over and taking photographs of him.’

He added that no one had ever raised concerns about carrying a heavy dog down from a roof.

‘There’s never been a problem. We don’t have a lot to do with health and safety.’


'He weighs seven a half stone, so he is quite heavy, but he is very good at balancing and he happily jumps on my shoulders so I can carry him down when we have a break or finish for the day,' said Mr Haughton


Axel who is a cross between a Newfoundland, a Labrador and a Rottweiler, went up on his first roof when he was just seven weeks old. Mr Haughton said Axel had been attracting a lot of interest on his current job, re-thatching the former Three Horseshoes pub in Scottow near North Walsham


The clambering canine balances patiently on the apex of the roof and surveys the local scenery until it is time to go home and he is carried down the ladder on his owner's shoulders



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I'm just chilling, man: Lemur takes a break from foraging to relax and meditate

By Lawrence Conway


The 60s' hippy counter culture message 'turn on, tune in, drop out' seems to have finally reached the lemur community.

Sociable lemurs usually spent their time scurrying around, both during the night and day, in packs of 15 hunting for insects and keeping an eye for predators.

Drop out: This lemur takes time out from monkeying around to meditate and relax

But this monkey seems to have taken on the counterculture phrase first popularised by hippy guru Timothy Leary in 1967.

The animal was photographed on a woodland path, sat upright on its rear with legs crossed and palms facing upwards in a traditional meditation pose.

The startling images were captured by Belgian born amateur photographer Sebastian Degardin, 32, who now lives in Finchley, north London.

Unusual: While the other lemurs carry on with their daily activities their meditating friend seems oblivious

Mr Degardin, a software developer, spotted the unusual lemur while on holiday at a nature park in Mons, Belgium.

He was able to capture the bizarre scene of the monkey was carrying out its private search for enlightenment on film.

The spaced out money, which originates from the far flung African island Madagascar, was unconcerned by Mr Degardin taking his picture.

He said: 'I was gobsmacked when I saw this lemur meditating. I'd only gone to the nature reserve as part of my holiday.

Chill: The meditating lemur's eye lids seem to droop as it assumes a relaxed pose and meditates

'But when I spotted the lemur pulling this pose, I knew I had to capture the image.

Thankfully I had my camera on me, otherwise the world would never have seen this animals funny human like behavior.'

'He was sat on top of this big wooden house that all the lemurs sleep in. It looked like he was the leader of the lemur pack.

'No matter how close I got he didn’t stop. He didn’t even look up as I moved in for a close up - he was so spaced out.

Spaced: The lemur seemed happy to continue relaxing while the rest of the pack scurried around

'After a while some other lemurs came along and began sniffing around. They were probably just as perplexed as we were.

'I stayed around for a while to monitor this particular ones behavior and got some great shots. But after a while they all turned on me and began jumping all over me.'


Lost: The little crossed leg lemur seemed lost in its own thoughts while life carried on around it



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Pals until the end: Male dog refuses to leave female companion's side after she is killed by a car

By Chris Parsons


Mates forever: The mourning male dog paws at his tragic partner after she was knocked down by a car in south east China

This touching scene shows how one loyal dog refuses to leave his mate's side - even after she was knocked down and killed by a car.

The devoted canine had been walking through Quanzhou, in southeast China, when tragedy struck and his mate was hit by an oncoming vehicle.

But rather than abandon his female companion, the grieving animal sat by her body long after she had passed away.

I'm not leaving you: A passer-by placed the dog's body by the side of the road, but even that did not deter the loyal canine

The male dog patted, barked, and licked its body after the road accident until a passer-by moved the dog's body out of the road.

Even after that the trusty dog remained faithful to his partner by sitting next to her body on the pavement.

Locals in the area said the two dogs were thought to both be strays.

They were thought to be long-term partners and had always been seen together, according to another resident in Fujian Province.

One unnamed resident in Quanzhou said: 'They are together all the time.

'Usually it's the wife that runs out first followed by the husband.

'It was horrible and unpleasant to see that the dog didn't make it, and touching that her partner didn't seem to want to leave her behind.'

Eventually, the body of the female dog was removed by a sanitation worker after meeting her untimely end in south east China.

But even after having her removed, the male dog still refused to leave and remained smelling the floor where his mate had been.


Touching: The male stray dog did not want to be parted from his tragic mate, and appeared determined to stay by her side until the bitter end


Eventually the female dog's remains were cleared away by a Chinese sanitation worker, with the male dog looking on as his partner was finally taken from him



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