Each and every one of the animals at Sugarshine FARM Animal Sanctuary are miraculous. This is for many different reasons, but one of the most prevalent is that they have survived.
If they had not been rescued, pigs such as Baby, Missy Piggins, Willy Joel, Bliss, Cecil, Charlie, Petunia, Percy, Piggy, Freeda, Hamish, Sugars, Sandy, Patchy, Pinto Bean, Zoy, Hermione, Zahn, Rainy Pants, Leopardio, Puppy, Mini and Miss Maloo would not have made it past six months of age. Each one of the 23 Pigs here at Sugarshine have their own personalities. They all love humans and have very different lives to their brothers and sisters in factory farms. Our Charlie was given the opportunity very rarely afforded to pigs read her story here. Female pigs are not given the space to move let alone speak to their children when they are born. Our ‘golden oldies’ Piggy and Freeda are almost teenagers and they have not yet lived out their entire natural life-span. Because they are living in a sanctuary such as Sugarshine, each one of these pigs will live out their natural life-span of 12 years.
Despite his tough life so far, Bunny calf has had it easy compared to what his brothers and sisters go through just weeks after being born. Bunny is a Bobby calf. He is considered waste by the dairy industry. If he was not rescued by Sugarshine he would have been sent to slaughter before he was five weeks old. His sisters on the other hand, are kept in crates away from their mothers until they are old enough to produce babies of their own. Dairy cows only live out 3 of their potential 20 years. Just because you are not eating beef does not mean you’re not harming cows. Because of his harsh beginning Bunny is likely to be sickly for the rest of his 20 long years.
Don’t let appearances deceive you. All the animals sent to the abattoir are babies, no matter how big they look.