A painter's encounter with a wolf cub

Li Weiyi, who returns a young wolf to nature in southwestern China's vast grasslands, will see her story hit the big screens on Friday.

Return to the Wolves, a documentary about Li and her wolf cub, recently toured 17 Chinese cities for test screenings, and will be released in mainland theaters on Friday.

As a freelance painter based in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, Li was in the picturesque Zoige grassland in the northwestern province in April 2010.