Dudley

 Dudley and his mate Molly came to the Refuge in 1994 as 5 year olds. They had been together since they were 6 weeks old. They were inseparable. If you saw one, you saw two. Dudley was the herd leader of one of the 5 herds here.

In 1998 Molly became ill and after many tests and treatments she died of cancer.

The last few weeks of her life she tended to stay away from the rest of the herd in a house out under they trees. After she died Dudley laid beside that house for 2 weeks grieving. Unwilling to eat or socialize I was afraid I would lose him too. He eventually resumed a normal life but has chosen to be a loner. He no longer socializes with his herd. He sleeps alone and travels alone.

And naps alone out in the fields.

2007:

Dudley, now aged and slow moving, lives in the hospital where the winters are easier and the food and music more to his liking. He has friends.. Martha and Butler sleep with him in his stall. He does well for an old timer.