Heartbreaking moment: Cat refuses to leave dead friend behind.

This is the heart-wrenching moment a stray cat dragged its dead companion on the street in north China.

The white-and-yellow feline bit onto the scruff of the motionless cat and moved it along a pavement as onlookers filmed.

The devoted moggie refused to leave its friend and took its body and hid under a car. However, the cause of the cat's death remained unknown.
The video was said to be filmed in Songbei district of Harbin, Heilongjiang Province on July 2.

The white cat was desperate to save its friend despite it struggled to lift up the body.

It made a few stops while trying to carry its dead companion.

Onlookers can be heard saying: 'Its friend's dead, look at the cat.'

The video ends as the cat hid under a white car