Rescue & Adoptions

Past Featured Rescues

Priscilla Noelle

Cold, hungry and alone, she wandered the streets of New York City looking for a warm place to sleep, a bite to eat and a little kindness.

Thanks to kind people who saw she was in trouble, a ten-week-old piglet was rescued from the harsh city streets and given a new life in the country. Priscilla Noelle was picked up by animal control officers and brought to a Brooklyn shelter. The tiny piglet was suffering from an irritating skin condition, multiple wounds to her back legs, and a severe upper respiratory infection. No one knew where the little pig had come from, but her notched ears (a cruel mutilation used by the livestock industry to identify animals) suggest that she likely escaped from a meat market in the city.

Brooklyn shelter personnel contacted our New York Shelter and we offered to provide refuge and rehabilitative care--but neither the Brooklyn shelter or our shelter had staff available to drive Priscilla to Farm Sanctuary. Fortunately, dedicated Farm Sanctuary members Matt and Mary Kelly, volunteered to make the five hour trip and Priscilla was on her way to a new beginning. Priscilla spent the next three weeks snuggled into a heated hospital pen, and received regular baths and medical treatments. Since she couldn't be with the other pigs due to her ailments, shelter volunteers spent hours playing and cuddling with her so she wouldn't be lonely. Our adoption coordinator also spent hours on the phone, looking for the perfect home for Priscilla because our pig housing barn was full. The Oppenlanders, a loving couple in Michigan who already have two companion pigs, were happy to welcome Priscilla, and we delivered their new "bundle of joy." Though it was hard to say goodbye to this sweet, loving girl, we knew she would soon be climbing into the laps of her new family members...and a once homeless pig was finally home sweet home.