Story of China woman and adopted wolf son gains renewed fame, garners 2.8 billion views online

More than a decade ago, Chinese wildlife artist Li Weiyi rescued a dying wolf cub in the grasslands of southwestern China.Recently, the 2017 documentary Return to the Wolves, which chronicles her time with her wolf son, regained attention thanks to a commentary video by film influencer @bizhanfenghua.The topic has attracted an astonishing 2.8 billion views on mainland social media.In April 2010, while sketching in the Zoige Prairie in Sichuan province, Li came across a little wolf, only five days old, orphaned after its parents were killed by humans.The cub was on a patch of grass, hidden within a stone crevice.Li Weiyi feeds her beloved wolf cub at the start of their emotional journey together. Photo: WeiboLi named him “Green”, after the colour of the lush grasslands and also after the mistranslation of the Brothers Grimm, who wrote the Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf.