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The children never visited her, the elderly woman leaves her £2.2m fortune to her cat and dog

2024-01-26 11:07:51Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

The children never visited her, the elderly woman leaves her £2.2m fortune

An elderly woman in China has decided to leave her $2.8 million fortune to her cats and dogs instead of her grown children because they never visited her while her pets kept her company.

A woman in Shanghai, identified only by her surname Liu, changed her will because her children allegedly neglected her in her old age, with her pets providing companionship and comfort.

A local veterinary clinic has been appointed as the administrator of the inheritance, with legal challenges preventing direct inheritance of animals in China, the South China Morning Post said, citing Zonglan News.

Ms Liu wanted to leave her entire inheritance to her pets, but this is not legal in China. She is also said to have been angry with her descendants for not visiting her, even when she was ill.

Ms. Liu's exact age was not clear. She was referred to as an "elderly" woman in news reports, reports The Independent.

Chen Kai, an official from the country's Will Registration Center headquarters in Beijing, told media that "there are alternatives to resolve this issue."

"Liu's current will is one way and we would have advised him to appoint a person he trusts to oversee the veterinary clinic to ensure that the pets are properly cared for," he said.
The story has reportedly sparked discussions online about family dynamics and inheritance practices in China.

Meanwhile, this isn't the first time pets have gotten rich after their humans left them a large inheritance. In particular, the legal and practical aspects of such legacies may vary.

One such case is that of hotel magnate Leona Helmsley, who bequeathed $12m (£9.4m) to a trust fund for the welfare of her Maltese dog Trouble after her death in 2007.

But this legacy attracted a lot of public attention and criticism, leading to a subsequent reduction of the amount to $2m (£1.57m) by a judge.

Another dog, a German Shepherd named Gunther IV, was considered one of the richest dogs in the world. According to Guinness World Records, German Countess Karlotta Liebenstein died and left her multimillion-dollar fortune to Gunther IV. This story was also documented in a Netflix documentary series, Gunther's Millions.

In 2010, designer Alexander McQueen gave away a significant portion of his $20 million (£15.7 million) fortune to his dogs. "Rich Dogs Of Instagram" documents the lavish lives that some dogs lead.


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