October 2007

The month starts with the sanctuary's blind Pomeranian dog Peter to the Vet. He is an amazing old fellow. Calls come from woman with aggressive pig. Calls come regarding piglet who was new fun until it must be locked up all day and now destroying house! We help with placement. Judy surrounded by 100 fiberglass pigs as she helps with Pike Place Market's Pigs on Parade gala dinner. Pig abandoned in Central Washington saved from death -with no place to take him we welcome Oliver and we take him to the vet. Herman, large growing Yorkshire pig requires treatment for a facial wound.

We assist Rebecca McDow and transport large farm pig from a petting zoo to Vashon Island. He was bought for the petting zoo as spring piglet. Now it's Fall and this friendly fellow is destined for slaughter. He is saved by animal loving friends at Western Washington University. Judy talks with petting zoo staff and they agree to have visiting pigs as people greeters instead of buying piglets every spring to use as farm friends and to kill in the fall when no longer needed. This will save many pigs and educate many people.

November 2007

A busy month. We transport large Yorkshire pigs Anastasia & Belle to a new home on 20 acres in Montana. They are happy to explore their new home. We will miss them. Two Farm (breed) type piglets found wandering in the countrside north of Seattle. They are saved from certain death if we could help. Both pigs would stay together and join Belle & Anastasia in Montana. Sadly, when Judy met these two she knew they could not leave for a very long time. Both were extremely sick, covered in dried and caked manure, open sores on their bodies, infested with lice and worms -and coughing with pneumonia. They must have had a horrible life. A sanctuary friend names them Judee & Tony. Young Tony is so sick with pneumonia that he is in intensive care in the house within days of arrival to the sanctuary.

Work party combining two university groups, Western Washington (WARN) and University of Washington (CARE) help ready the sanctuary for the cold winter months. Urgent call comes from a man who helped a woman move over a weekend and the discovered a piglet in a box in his van 2 days later! Starving & dehydrated she was easy to place in adoptive home of a family who has adopted a pig from us in the past. Judy receives an unusual call from a pig farmer with an offer of $500 to the sanctuary if we would accept an injured newborn piglet. The call seemed like a hoax, but checked out authentic. Calls come re: pigs and turkeys needing homes. We help with referrals. Month ends with Judee and Tony piglets extremely sick with pneumonia. We worry Tony may not survive. He does not eat, just lies immobile.

Peter the Pomeranian

Belle