Heart-breaking photographs have emerged showing how a faithful dog guarded its dead friend and even tried to wake it up on a busy road in China.
The brown husky, laying in the middle of the road, was killed by a passing car in Zhejiang Province on April 17.
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The cream-coloured dog desperately pawed and mournfully barked at its dead friend till their own came to pick them up.
According to a report from Huanqui.com, an affiliate to People’s Daily Online, the unfortunate occurrence took place at Nianli village of Quzhou city yesterday.
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The husky can be seen laying motionlessly on the road, while its cream-coloured friend maintained vigil over the body for at least half an hour.
The cream-coloured dog desperately pawed the husky’s lifeless corpse in an effort to resuscitate its life.
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Video video posted by Pear Video shows the sorrowful pooch attempting to wake up the dead dog. It lamented its friend’s death on the road where cars passed past continuously.
A few bystanders gathered along the side of the road, but, none of them was able to explain the cause of the traffic collision.
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Around half an hour later, a woman in black dress appeared and called the husky’s name.
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An on-duty policeman asked her: ‘Are you the owner of the dogs?’
‘Sure,’ she said.
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The cream-coloured dog followed its dead friend as the owner took it to the side of the road and called for aid.