New home for Chinese dog after her three-month roadside vigil for owner killed in car crash
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Animal lovers in northern China have found a home for a dog that sat a three-month vigil at the roadside where her owner was killed in a car accident.
The animal’s tale reminded dog lovers in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia’s capital city, and across China of a 15-year-old hound called Xiongxiong, who waits outside Liziba metro station in Yuzhong district, Chongqing, until his master returns from work in the evening.
The dog has gained a huge following on social media and fans travel to keep him company as he waits.
Others mentioned Hachiko, a Japanese Akita that waited outside a subway station for his deceased owner for more than nine years in the 1920s and 1930s.
He was also reminiscent of a Skye terrier called Greyfriars Bobby that guarded his owner’s grave from 1858 until 1872 and still draws visitors to Edinburgh, Scotland’s capital.
The dog caught the attention of Chinese social media after she was reported to have waited for more than 80 days by the roadside.
