Our facilities include 3 separate pig areas. The pigs living in our care have different backgrounds that lead up to them being brought to the Sanctuary.  We are the only shelter in the county willing to care for pigs on a lifetime basis. The numerous pigs at the Sanctuary would otherwise have been euthanized if we had not agreed to take them, others were victims of animal cruelty or simply given up by their owners. We get more calls for pigs than any other large animals.  Many people get "pot-bellied" pigs because they are a novelty or they are told they will stay small.  Most of the pigs being sold by indiscriminate breeders are not true pot-bellied and are instead, crossed with a larger breed of pig.  Most of our pigs are well over 150 pounds, some come close to 300 pounds.   

Peanut was born at the Sanctuary.  We rescued his mom who came to us already pregnant.  She gave birth to 7 adorable piglets.  Peanut was the runt and weighed only about 8 ounces.  He was unable to nurse from his mom.  He also had E. coli and would have died if we had not intervened.  We had to hand feed him with a syringe every couple of hours for the first 2 months. We tried several different antibiotics before we were finally able to clear up the E. coli.  We are happy to say that after much screening of potential adopters, we were able to find wonderful homes for Peanut's 6 brothers and sisters and that now Peanut is doing great.   He has recently been neutered and was recently introduced to Willie, one of our big sweetheart pigs.  .