A Sad Tale Of Two Weasels In Anhui Told By A Chinese Netizen

The following photos and story first appeared in August 2010 on a QQ blog, where it received thousands of comments and many more views. At the time, it spread a little and for some reason has been spreading again recently, such as on popular Chinese social network RenRen and various Chinese internet discussion forums.

From Mop & RenRen:

Captured, a pair of yellow weasels’ tragic story

This is a sad and moving story.
A little after 7 in the morning, a young yellow weasel was killed by someone in front of a small store on Yingzhou North Road in Fuyang of northern Anhui province.

The yellow weasel’s body was discarded on a garbage pile next to the street.

An hour later, another yellow weasel appeared, running across the busy street following its smell to where the body lay.

This yellow weasel was very heartbroken.

It earnestly carded/straightened out its companion’s fur.

Weeping over its companion’s body, heartbroken.

The dead yellow weasel’s eyes were still open.

The yellow weasel used all its might to move its companion’s body.

People started to notice them.

People were moved by these two creatures’ life and death bond. The old woman on the right said, this yellow weasel has more heart than some people.

The young yellow weasel mournfully struggled to move its companion’s body. No one knew where it wanted to move its companion’s body to.

“Aren’t yellow weasels afraid of people? How come it isn’t afraid to come out, in broad daylight?” someone asked, curious.

Curious people began to use sticks to drive away the helpless yellow weasel.

Helpless, the yellow weasel could only scurry into the roadside bushes.

The people didn’t let it go.

Not long after, the yellow weasel came out again. It gazed longingly at his faraway companion.

And then helplessly left crying.

The poor yellow weasel could do nothing but leave crying.

This women wouldn’t let it go.

This yellow weasel hasn’t yet escaped the fate of being captured.

The woman’s curiosity is satisfied.

“Yellow weasel fur is very valuable.” As he said this, a middle-aged man on the side stepped on it.

The man caught the yellow weasel. Then he swaggered away.

The little yellow weasel struggling, screaming, cursing. I clearly saw this young life’s fear of death and desire to live.

I felt sadness for the misfortune met by this pair of yellow weasels. How would yellow weasels look at us [humans]? That this world is only ours?
In the end, the man disappeared int the alleys.

Comments from Mop:

chiliu611:

Some “people” are worse than beasts. Curse them.

沐木小:

So what was the person taking the photos doing?
If you were so emotional, why didn’t you go stop them at the time~?

dada881031:

Sigh~~~really, some animals have more heart than humans…that old lady and the guy who caught the yellow weasel, may you light fire crackers and catch on fire [cursing them to have misfortune].

超级野蛮人123:

It is precisely because there are so many beautiful and ugly things that our world is so colorful.

猫扑猫扑113:

Humans are the most cruel animals.

爱你不爱我。:

Humans are so hypocritical.
If yellow weasels have such emotion/heart, what about humans?

养只宠物猫:

I admit I am very sad.
But I want to know why you, the photographer, didn’t stop him.

赵成就:

I very rarely comment, but seeing this LZ and the people in the photos, I am filled with sadness… Such is the Heavenly Kingdom.

大旗不倒，红旗飘飘:

People these days really know how to shed crocodile tears [are full of false compassion]. Those who have never experienced a yellow weasel scourge only know how to talk high and mighty. In a few days, someone will kill a mouse, then a mouse will come looking for its companion, and you guys will once again say how the person who killed them should die. Retards!!

猥琐MM与清纯大叔:

A lot of people were looking on, but no one stopped it…very similar to what happens in our country everyday, it has Chinese characteristics…

沫沫娟:

…it didn’t do anything to people, so why did people have to do something to it?

9Angel:

MBD!!! No one cares about Li Gang!!! Yet so many people care about a yellow weasel!!! So sad [pathetic, ridiculous]!!!

The cruelest animals. Personals @ chinaSMACK.