A newborn lamb has become the favorite of a local Chinese police force. It was born at the scene of a car accident that killed its pregnant mother in the eastern Chinese city of Ji’an, Jiangxi Province, local media reported on Saturday. / Photo: goldia.cn

According to the driver, Mr. Liu, his car hit a female goat trying to cross the highway last week. The accident left the little lamb on the highway still covered in its placenta. / Photo: goldia.cn

Amazed by the lamb’s miraculous survival, police took it back, fed it with milk, and prepared a small cardboard box for its shelter. / Photo: goldia.cn

Kang Dongliu, a local animal expert, said the lamb was born prematurely because of the huge concussion suffered by its mother being hit by the car. / Photo: goldia.cn