Llama and barn cat have the most adorable friendship (Gallery)
Meet Sparkle the llama!
Farm Animal Rescue of Mifflinburg
Sparkle the llama is the true star of the Farm Animal Rescue of Mifflinburg in Pennsylvania, and has cat like qualities herself.
"She runs permanently on Sparkle time," Roy Hernesh, executive director and farm manager of the rescue, told The Dodo. "Always sauntering along, [always] the last one to the feed bowls, the hay rack and last in the herd when moving from pasture to pasture — but she is not low in the pecking order, she is fairly dominant. She just is in no hurry to do anything at all."
Farm Animal Rescue of Mifflinburg
Sparkle is also pretty selective about whom she allows to get close to her... so it's pretty amazing that she choose Rosie the barn cat to be her best friend.
Farm Animal Rescue of Mifflinburg
The 9-year-old llama can always count on 6-year-old Rosie to keep up with up with her.
Farm Animal Rescue of Mifflinburg
Sparkle, along with the nine other llamas and Rosie, were originally all kept as pets on a small farm in Mill Hill, Pennsylvania. The owners of the farm often spent the months of October through May in Florida and hired a farmhand to care for Sparkle and her herd.
Farm Animal Rescue of Mifflinburg
"This caused the owners great stress and concern all winter each year, so they decided to try and find a rescue that would take all 10 llamas, would promise not to re-home or otherwise separate the herd and would allow visits from the owners over the warm months," Hernesh said.
Farm Animal Rescue of Mifflinburg
However, other organizations said they could only give sanctuary to a few of the llamas. When word reached Hernesh at the rescue, he decided to take in all 10 llamas, in addition to Rosie, who couldn't stand to be separated from her favorite llama — and vice versa.
Farm Animal Rescue of Mifflinburg
"We actually thought [their friendship] might have been a little exaggerated by the prior owners in order to convince us to take Rosie, but they really are attached," Hernesh said.
Farm Animal Rescue of Mifflinburg
Rosie was a stray in her previous home, and just happened to come across the farm and Sparkle the llama. They immediately connected, each becoming one another's best friend.
Farm Animal Rescue of Mifflinburg
Farm Animal Rescue of Mifflinburg
"Rosie and Sparkle have a wonderful relationship that includes nuzzling and snuggling and cozying up during the winter months — they are quite a pair," Hernesh said.
Farm Animal Rescue of Mifflinburg
Farm Animal Rescue of Mifflinburg
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