Best friends come in all shapes and sizes.
Demonstrating that perfectly are Pearl, an orange tabby cat, and Willow, a donkey.
They’re best mates and spend all their time together, despite their different breeds.
The duo, who live in Big Timber, Montana, spend all their time together, with Pearl even hitching a ride on the back of Willow’s neck.
‘We live in this remote area,’ said Pearl’s owner Wistar Hart, 55, a retired horseback riding instructor. ‘So we’re pretty lonely out here.
‘It makes sense that they’d be friends.
‘Pearl is a barn cat, she doesn’t live in the house.
‘She has her little family down there at the barn…she just wants to be with everybody.’
Pearl is lucky to have found a friend in Willow, as despite her attempts at creating a bond with the horses, the donkey is the only animal in the barn who gives the cat any attention.
‘Only those two get along,’ said Wistar. ‘My horses do not deal with the cats.
‘They get annoyed and shake them off when they try to jump on their backs.
‘Willow though is always like “hey how you doing?”‘
Wistar snapped some photos of Pearl the moment she started hopping on Willow’s back.
They’ve regularly settled in this position ever since, and Wistar has been greatly enjoying the pair’s friendship.
‘It was zero degrees the day I took the photos,’ Wistar said. ‘Pearl was just like “oh yeah, this is a nice warm place” and hopped on Willow’s back.
‘I think they both just wanna hang out.
‘If Pearl starts being friendly to the mice though, It’ll be a problem.’
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