Meet Barry, the pig. Barry was taken in by good Samaritans when he lost his home. Barry had never seen a vet and these good Samaritans had their own family health issues and no place to put Barry but they built him a small pen to keep him safe. That was no way for Barry to live and they knew it so they reached out to us. I know it's difficult to tell from the pictures but Barry is huge - easily twice as big as Hamlet (our largest pig.) Despite his size, Barry has been very cooperative and easy to handle. He's never had any piggy friends but he has a much beloved basketball that he brought with him. Reminds me of Wilson, the volleyball in "Castaway."

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Daisy is quite the character.   Daisy was picked up by animal control as a stray so we know nothing about her background.  She loves people and other pigs and she has always been the pig/horse ambassador.  She has been known to sleep in the shelter with the horses at night where she built herself a little nest in one of the stalls.  She might not be a classic beauty but she is undeniably adorable. 

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When another sanctuary had a surprise litter of piglets and needed homes, we agreed to take the runt of the litter - Dot - and her sister, Harriet.  You can see in this picture that Dot has a big dot right on the top of her head.  Dot is no longer the runt of the pig population!  She's one of the lucky ones here who has known only love in her life so she's a happy, friendly girl who squeals when she sees you coming! 

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Hamilton came to us in August, 2023 when his human mom died and he had nowhere to go.  Poor Hamilton has severe arthritis and was practically immobile when he arrived.  He was also so obese that he had fat blindness - his eyelids literally forced his eyes closed.  Old, in pain, blind, still grieving the loss of his human, Hamilton needed a lot from us.  We started with a weight reduction diet composed of healthy food, high doses of pain meds, a soft bed and lots of patience and love.  Hamilton has a long way to go before he's healthy but for as long as we can give him a pain free, pampered life, we will.  Hamilton is a very special pig.

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Hamlet was rescued by a kind woman in NC when his mother rejected him at birth.  She bottle fed him, got him neutered and took excellent care of him but as he grew, he needed more than she could provide so he came to live with us here at FSFS at about 7 months old.  He is friendly, funny and a little mischievious.   

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Harriet came to us along with her sister, Dot when  another sanctuary needed homes for a surprise litter of piglets.  She's pretty girl who looks black in the dark but has streaks of red that show up in the sunlight.  Just like her sister, Harriet is one of the lucky ones who has never known anything but security and love and that makes her especially friendly and happy to meet people. 

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Jack is blind in one eye and his face and right ear will always bear the scars from a dog mauling prior to his rescue by Polk County Animal Control where he landed after being found wandering and injured.  He is the sweetest, most gentle pig in the world who refuses to let his tough pre-rescue life color his rosy color of the world.  He has a heart of gold.  We have no idea of age so we celebrate his birthday on the day he came to us! 

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Josephine came to us in November of 2023.  After being passed around a couple of times, she was living in a situation without adequate shelter or a safe pen.  After she escaped from a make-shift pen multiple times and the neighbors threatened to shoot her, her owner realized that she needed a new home.  She's one of our smaller pigs but has a big personality.  To know her is to love her. 

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Laverne was our first  pig ever.  Poor Laverne was penned in a tiny little pen with no fresh water or food when animal control removed her.  Her saving grace is that she was penned up with her best friend, a tiny goat that we named Shirley.  Laverne had been fed lots of empty calories and had no room to exercise so she has a lot of weight to lose in order to be healthy and more mobile but she's on her way with Shirley right by her side.  Laverne is already getting around a little better and she absolutely loves people.  She comes running whenever she hears us coming and loves attention.  She also loves finally having a shelter with a soft bed of hay, soft green grass to run around on and healthy meals to eat on a regular basis.  And she really loves that she and Shirley will get to be together for the rest of their lives. 

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Linda had been living with farm pigs that were being raised for meat, so the goal was to make them as fat as possible (and she ate right along with them!)  When the farm needed to downsize, the farm pigs went to market leaving Linda all alone.  The owners and their children loved Linda and searched for a safe place for to go and they found us!  Linda will be put on a weight loss program to get healthy.  She has already made friends around the barn pasture and will be a wonderful addition to our family.

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Molly came to us on October 3, 2024 from a hoarding case in Georgia where there were Meishan pigs living in deplorable conditions.  Molly and some of the other females were pregnant so it was critical to get them to new, safe homes to deliver their piglets.  Molly made her new home here at FSFS and delivered 9 piglets in the early morning hours of October 21, 2024.  

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Piggy Sue's owner died in November 2023 leaving her alone in a backyard pen. In March, the house burned down damaging part of Piggy Sue's enclosure. Her owner's niece, Leanne promised her uncle that she would make sure that his beloved pig was cared for. Piggy Sue has been a great addition to the barn pasture and loves her freedom to roam!

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Polly, who we think looks like part panda/part pig, joined the FSFS family on February 13, 2024  Polly was living with her four piglets in a ramshackle, filthy pen when animal control intervened. Her four piglets went to good homes and Polly joined us.  Unlike many animals who come from such a horrible situation, Polly has been a sweet, easy-going girl from the minute we met her.  She is an incredibly gentle pig who loves people and seems grateful every day for the freedom to roam the pasture.

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Samantha is a young pig but we're not sure of her exact age.  When her owners moved out of their home and left her behind, this smart girl sought help from neighbors.  Just like a friendly stray dog showed up at their doors begging for food.  She was sweet, very talkative and nobody could say no.  Unfortunately, no one had the ability to keep her and they were worried that she could get hit by a car, attacked by dogs or suffer some other dire fate if they left her roaming free so they caught her in a large dog crate and brought her to FSFS.  We got her spayed and vaccinated and now she's safe and loved in her forever home. 

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Scarlet, the pig, has some congenital deformities in her front legs which gives her a pretty profound limp when she moves around.  She’s somewhere around 6-7 years old.  Pigs are prone to arthritis anyway and given her age and her  limp,  she’s  almost certainly got some arthritic pain so we medicate her twice a day for that.  (Can’t tell by a limp like with our other pigs because she arrived with one.)  Despite all of that, Scarlet likes to roam around  the pasture and frequently naps right up by the fence, closest to our house, so that she can keep an eye on our comings and goings.  She is very outgoing and just loves people. 

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We have a darling new resident here.  Scoots, the pig, arrived last night - all the way from Nevada,  happily traveling with his human mama.  He even stayed in a hotel (and rode on an elevator) on the way.  Unlike many of our residents, Scoots has been a beloved, pampered family member for all of his life.  He’ll be starting out in  the barn with Scarlet and Willow as he acclimates to his new life at FSFS but then we plan to let him move into the pig pasture where he’ll have lots of pig friends which will be a new experience for Scoots, who has always been an “only pig.”   Welcome Scoots! 

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To know Willy is to love Willy.  He is the smallest, happiest pig at FSFS and he is ALWAYS happy.  Willy was picked up as a stray by animal control with lots of skin problems and entropion (an uncomfortable eyelid condition.)  He has injections, medicated baths, and minor surgery on his eyelids but nothing has ever kept him down.  He loves everyone and everything and is always thrilled to have company. 

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