Recently, several heartbreaking photos went viral online showing a lonely puppy sitting quietly in a barren wasteland beside a skeletonized corpse.
It was soon revealed that the decayed remains belonged to the puppy’s mother, and netizens were deeply moved by the pup’s refusal to leave her side.
In one striking image, the puppy stares directly into the camera with haunting eyes, as if silently pleading for someone to notice his grief and pain.
The Facebook page of a foreign animal protection group shared the series of images on the 25th, showing the yellow-brown puppy sitting beside the nearly bare skeleton.
The mother’s body had been dead for several days, reduced to 92% exposed white bone, with only small patches of black fur clinging to what remained.
The puppy eventually laid himself gently at her feet, unwilling to leave the final trace of the only family he had ever known.
The powerful images, originally shared on May 22, 2017, came from the Thai Facebook fan page of China’s Xinhua News Agency.
Viewers around the world reacted emotionally, leaving comments like “Go back and take care of him” and “Look how deeply he misses his mother.”
Some said the puppy’s quiet presence conveyed his unspoken feelings, while others imagined his mother’s spirit still watching over him.
One user wrote, “His mother must wish she could rise again,” while another simply hoped someone would rescue the loyal pup before it was too late.