From the moment Willy-Joel the pig arrived at the sanctuary, nothing was ever the same. Kelly Nelder, founder of Sugarshine Sanctuary in New South Wales, Australia, wandered outside one morning to see an agitated pig pacing along the outside of the sanctuary’s gate. At first, she thought one of her rescued female pigs had gotten out — Patchy or Charlotte. But when Nelder dashed to the gate, she realized she’d never seen this pig before.
Willy-Joel was a fully-grown adult male with white skin and hair, and a fear of people. He also wasn’t neutered.
No one else in the area kept pigs, and when Nelder asked the council ranger and her neighbors about the pig’s mysterious arrival, no one had any information to share. She came to the conclusion that someone had deliberately dropped Willy-Joel off at the gate, probably because they couldn’t — or didn’t want to — care for him anymore.
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