Peggy the fostered pig has found her forever home
The wonderful Peggy the pig, who came to us in an emergency fostering case, has now gone on to take up residence at her forever home.
The owners of the sanctuary where she is now were going to take her in sooner, but had suffered a nasty accident. So we were called in to provide a halfway home while they recovered in hospital. We were pleased to be able to help as the alternative was for Peggy to be put to sleep, due to her original caregivers moving house.
We loved our time with Peggy and sure she will have a long and happy life doing all the things pigs love to do.
Ecosystem pond work well underway
As you can see from the picture, work on the new ‘ecosystem’ pond is going fantastically. The area has been cleared out and you can really get a sense now of how big it will be.
As previously mentioned in our update at the end of last month, the pond will become an aquatic habitat in its own right providing a home to many wild species that thrive in and around bodies of water, such as dragonflies, fish and even hedgehogs!
Eric the sheep meets the lambs
Eric the sheep met the lambs for the first time last week and was so very curious! He was super brave and didn't run away.
We look forward to the time when they can all share a paddock together 🐑
Thanks to our volunteers for their time and this great video!
Thank you so much to our amazing volunteers who came over for the weekend to help us expand the sanctuary, and look after all of the animals.
Some even went out on a rescue mission and collected the gorgeous Olive the lamb.
They also somehow managed to put together this top quality video of their time with us - thank you so much guys, and we hope to see you again soon.
Rambo and Luke arriving next weekend
We have a May Day treat in store - the arrival of Luke and the brilliantly named Rambo. Let’s hope Rambo doesn’t live up too much to his namesake!
Rambo and Luke lost their previous home when the field where they lived was rented. We’re looking forward to welcoming them to the family.
A sad farewell to Bruce and a poignant message
Bruce was only 14 weeks old when he was put to sleep.
He was suffering from chronic pain and arthritis, crumbling hip joints and fractures in his legs and toes. He could no longer even stand up.
This is all down to the way broiler chickens have been selectively bred for cost-effective chicken production. We did this to him.
Bruce was due to be killed at only six weeks old along with the tens of thousands of other baby birds that were in his shed.
Bruce only had a short time with us, but he did get to feel the grass under his feet and the sun on his feathers, and for a moment, even though short, he was treated as a someone and not a something.
Bruce’s fellow chickens that came to us are doing well, considering their genetics, and we hope that they can get at least a year or two of freedom with us. But we just don’t know. They are born to die. Raised to be killed. The fact that they experience life at all is an inconvenience to the industry that oppresses and exploits them.
People have commented that if we didn’t breed these animals that they wouldn’t exist and get to experience life - and would we as vegans want that?
The answer is a resounding yes.
For Bruce - and the tens of billions of other chickens who can’t even stand up due to the crippling weight of their bodies - it would be far better that these poor beings were not bred into existence at all.
Please go vegan ❤️
