The Phenomenon Of Grieving Dogs: Huang Huang in the Bus

Heart-breaking: Huang Huang has returned to the same bus stop, in Chengdu, southwest China, every day for the last two weeks and repeats the same tragic routine

Desperate: Drivers say he spends the following ten hours searching every bus that passes, sniffing seats and looking up at owners

Ciccio and his owner lived in the village of San Donaci in the southern region of Puglia, Italy. When the bells tolled each afternoon, he would accompany the woman, who was known in the village as "Maria of the fields," to church. But when Maria died suddenly in November, Ciccio appeared devastated. He attended the funeral and followed his mistress' coffin as it was carried into the same local church. Thereafter, he just kept coming back, day after day. His devotion has so impressed the parishioners that they rallied together to care for him, giving him water and food and allowing him to sleep in a covered area outside the church. The priest, while hoping to find a new home for the faithful pup, even lets Ciccio sit in front of the altar during service.

Mr Guzman's son Damian has tried to bring Capitan home but he always runs back to the cemetary in Villa Carlos Paz.

Although it has been six years since Mr Guzman's death Capitan proves a faithful companion and guards his grave day and night.

The German Shepherd ran away from the family home shortly after Mr Guzman's funeral and miraculously found his resting place.

Capitan has not left the side of Miguel Guzman's grave since 2006 - and sleeps on top of it every night.

"There's no other way to explain it really," said Dave Wills, grandson of the dog's owner. "He's just sad and lonely and misses his mom." "It was pretty much meant to be because, I mean she lost both her kids, my dad and my aunt, so that's why Kirby was so special to her," Dave said. Sharon spoiled her dogs with unlimited amounts of love and affection, often spending hours with them in her favorite blue chair. They were right by her side when she passed away in April. "She's had him since he was a little puppy so it's got to be pretty hard on him," Dave said. Since then, Kirby has been moved from home to home -- often being passed along because of his ability to escape. "We were actually just getting ready for lunch, and he was around here and then he ran down the hill and ran right up to us," said Matthew Cadaret, who found Kirby. Last week, Matthew was the latest person who found Kirby wandering around town. His Aunt Peggy just happened to be walking by, and she took it upon herself to have his microchip checked. "The scanned him and gave me the name of Sharon Rattery," who I had known years ago through church," Peggy said. "It was kind of disbelief. I was in shock."

Leao, a dog in Brazil, sits vigil at her owner's gravesite after fatal landslides in January 2011: Leoa is one of many dogs who have recently shown courageous acts of loyalty for the ones they love

Leao sits for a second consecutive day next to the grave of his owner Cristina Maria Cesario Santana

Lawnmower shop owner, Wayne Giroux killed by a drunk driver. Photo Source: CNN

Spot watching traffic, still looking for her master.

Joshua Reed rescued a sweet, rust-colored dog named Zelda from the road after she was hit by a car. From that moment on, the two were inseparable, said Marci Reed, Joshua's mother. In 2009, just three years after their chance meeting, 15-year-old Joshua was killed in an ATV accident. Months later, the dog could be seen roaming the Indiana farm roads near the family's home. "She's without her boy," said Marci Reed, "She just sniffs all over looking for her boy."

Mr Ford, 51, was the tenth white farmer killed since militants began often violent occupations of white owned land two years ago. "The dog would not leave the farmer's body," said Meryl Harrison, of Zimbabwe's Society for the Prevention of Cruetly to Animals who was inundated by calls about the terrier. "When Terry Ford's battered body was found under a tree, the little terrier was still at his side," she said.