Lauren Aratani: Donkey and emu that 'fell in love'

“Where one goes, the other follows.” So describes the love between Jack and Diane, a donkey and an emu that fell in love on an abandoned farm in South Carolina. Though the unlikely couple was in danger of becoming star-crossed lovers, they have now found a permanent home after being adopted by a celebrity.

The Walking Dead star Jeffrey Dean Morgan adopted the pair after hearing about a relationship that breaks the species barrier. He and his wife, former One Tree Hill actress Hilarie Burton, have now given the lovebird and the donkey a new home at their farm in New York’s Hudson Valley.


Jack and Diane were rescued from a farm in the beginning of November by Carolina Waterfowl Rescue, an animal rescue non-profit based in North Carolina, along with other animals that were suddenly abandoned by the renter of the property... read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/06/jack-diane-donkey-emu-in-love-jeffrey-dean-morgan-adopted