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August 2007 Painting of partial new construction to start. Construction of small pasture barns in field started. Rhoda the pig to vet for urgent eye care. Well consultation scheduled. Packer the llama in acute medical care. New pig Angel here and to vet for spay. Greenlake walk for the pigs. Great success: $2,500 for sanctuary. Bunny the piglet to Greenlake for the day to greet people. Call comes from people who find two pigs wandering in Echo Lake area. Judy goes to assess pigs. Days later Judy and volunteer take pigs to sanctuary. Both castrated, tail docked male farm pigs. Sara Russert has her birthday party and fundraiser for pigs at Pizza Pi in Seattle, Yeah Sara -thank you for helping the animals! Rhoda the pig dies from cardiac event. We will miss her. Sanctuary tables at local pet fair to promote compassion for all animals. Volunteers to assess sanctuary cabins for solar power. Pigs sleeping barn #3 finished by the end of the month. Peggy, manager of Sidecar for Pigs Peace, gives retirement notice to board. Search for new manager begins. September 2007 New pig sleeping barns painted and filled with fresh hay for new beds. Pigs are excited. Packer the llama continues to improve with acute medical condition, more tests completed. Judy to Everett to protest animal cruelty and exploitation at Ringling Brothers Circus. 14 loads of cedar chips delivered in one day! Seems like mountains of chips to move. Work party does amazing work! All chips down for pig walkways in winter. Bunny the young farm pig spayed, requires confinement to recover. Construction completed on senior pigs barn for added housing in the winter. Doh Driver completes training and starts as new manager at Sidecar for Pigs Peace. We welcome her and we will all miss Peggy. Peter our blind Pomeranian dog to vet with acute medical concerns. Tests reveal cardiac condition. Calls to us from Hawaii regarding captured feral piglet in need of a safe home. We learn that pigs are openly hunted on all public and private land in all of Hawaii. This little fellow will never survive. Plans started to get him safely to Pigs Peace. The story will continue next month! |
Bunny the piglet greets walkers at Greenlake 
Packer the llama |