An elderly woman who claims her children never visited her, even when she was old and sick, has decided to leave her $2.8 million fortune to her dogs and cats, according to a report by The South China Morning Post.
The woman from Shanghai, identified only by her surname Liu, cut her three children out of her will and instead plans to leave around 20 million yuan ($2.8 million) to her pets, as they have been her only comfort in her old age.
Liu made an initial will a few years ago, leaving money and assets to her three children, but changed her mind because they did not visit or take care of her—and rarely even contacted her—according to the report.
In her new will, she insists that all of her money must be used to take care of her pets and any of their offspring, with a local veterinary clinic named as the administrator of her estate and tasked with caring for the animals.
According to the newspaper, the story has sparked lively online discussion in China.
