| Over our history we have developed a core group of volunteers, private donors and corporate supporters who donate food, building supplies and equipment to support the sanctuary and its mission. This networking throughout the Middle Tennessee region has been crucial to our success as a sanctuary. With only limited funds available, this networking has demonstrated the willingness of many Middle Tennessee organizations to help in many different capacities...often making the difference between the success and failure of various projects. Each year we improve our financial acuity, making the incremental cost a tiny bit less so we can do a little bit more. And each year we move forward in our goal to improve the lives of those we care for daily. In 2007 we began an organic feeding program, replacing all commercial feeds with whole organic grains. While the initial cost is daunting, the long term effects on health and well being are well documented. We have always operated on an organic platform, with no herbicides or pesticides in use. The Organic feed completes the circle to preserve the land as we care for its occupants. Better stewardship of the land cannot do less than benefit its occupants. Any time we reduce illness or disease, we reduce suffering. As we move forward, providing care for our 350 residents as their lives advance, we have worked closely with several vets to advance the knowledge of potbellied pig medicine and care by compiling necropsy and spay data from sanctuaries in the US. Our arthritis work has become a source of information on new drug regimens that offer mobility and pain relief; information by the vets working with us into the medical world where it can find that helpless pig suffering in Utah or Iowa. Our Outreach program touches lives far beyond our state lines, educating, proving s/n assistance and referrals. Our objective remains simply to help any pig any where in any way we can. |
