Horse & Hound
Trending: Max and Marian (left) at their home together Credit: The Donkey Sanctuary
A donkey who was heartbroken when his best friend died has found a “reason to live again” thanks to a new companion.
The Donkey Sanctuary stepped in to help when Sally Hunt’s 24-year-old donkey Max was left “forlorn and lonely” after Rosie died from colic in November.
A spokesman for the charity said when welfare adviser Tewsday Herbert found out about Max, she knew she had to “act fast” to find him a companion.
“Marian, a 20-year-old mare, lived at the Donkey Sanctuary in Devon, and had initially been passed over as being unsuitable for rehoming due to a dental condition she was born with,” said a charity spokesman.