May 2005

Pigs dumped on highway 2 near Startup. Animal Control won't help. Says the pigs are too wild. We rescued the female. She gave birth one week later. Baby died at one week. High school group here. Mark Ring interviews for the documentary. Piglet (Tatertot) rescued in Cascade mountains and requires many trips to the vet. Work party to spread gravel, plant remainder of garden. 25 Navy men from the USS Abraham Lincoln volunteered. The Farm Sanctuary in NY calls regarding the California pigs transportation. Pigs Peace day at Sidecar on the Ave in Seattle, where Mooshu the pig was happy to greet people. Put up seven new housing huts for California pigs. Big pig Joey Dickens claims one as his own.

June 2005

Two work parties that prepared fencing and housing for California pigs. Ponds dug. Fences up. Trees planted. Pigs Peace appears on Animal Planet. Barbados Black Bellied sheep arrive and go to vet with injured lamb. Put up 300 ft tall, new, fences as wild sheep can leap high. Twelve trees planted. Photographer films the arrival of the 86 pigs from California for the documentary. KOMO News, KMPS Radio and Q13 TV interview Judy regarding the California pigs (video viewable here). One pig arrives injured and immediately taken to vet. Volunteers run for the pigs in the Whatcom Volunteer Center Human Race benefit for non-profit organizations. Judy make presentation about alternative careers for women to Youth group highlighting her sanctuary work.

July 2005

AmeriCorps group here. More of the documentary is filmed. Pigs safely secured for one week while their 17 acre pasture is mowed. Work party. California pigs to vet for ear tag removal. Seattle Mental Health group came to visit for a day with the pigs. Pigs Peace Benefit in Seattle at Black Box gallery. Wilbur the pig arrives. Nine pigs from the Special Needs group graduates to the large herd. Artists arrive at sanctuary. They camp out in the woods and spend the days painting artwork inspired by their love for the animals . Hot days require daily fresh water to all ponds.

August 2005

Artists continue to add beauty and color to the sanctuary. Daryl the pig requires major abdominal surgery. Work party spreads ten truckloads of cedar bark for the horses. Ten pigs to the vet every week, most of them were the California pigs. Youth Family Services group visits. Middle school volunteer work day. Curly the pig, who was previously with an animal talent agency arrives to join the herd. Wilbur the pig moves out of quarantine to join the herd too. Albert the pig rescued. Mooshu the pig died and is buried next to her friend Mitzi the pig. Senior group to visit. Second Annual benefit dinner and silent auction for the sanctuary. Mental Health group visits the pigs. We pick up 100 boxes of donated green bananas (4,000 lbs.). As the bananas ripen the pigs receive 40 to 80 lbs of bananas each day. The pigs tell us this is now heaven.

93 pigs from California

Artist Tent City with Jamie Kirk and Tawnie Anslow

Sidecar For Pigs Peace