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After Spending 12 Years In A Tiny Stall, This Pig Finally Found Someone Who Loves Her

Meet Edna the rescue pig, who spent 12 years living in a tiny pen with her sister at a private residence in Australia owned by some heartless people. “The pen was muddy,” Deborah Pearce, founder of Where Pigs Fly, told The Dodo. “Even after a short burst of rain, the dirt floor would pool water for days and days… Due to confinement, her leg muscles were weak and it would hurt for her to stand.” And it gets worse: one day the piggie’s owners decided to move away… and they just left Edna and her sister to die.

After some time, Edna’s sister passed away from the lack of food and water. For the next 6 months, the piggie was by herself. Luckily, some kind neighbors fed Edna whenever they could. It was them who contacted Pearce and asked her to save the animal.

Eventually, the unexpected happened: the woman and the pig became friends. “When I look into Edna’s eyes, there is someone looking back at me,” Pearce said. “We have a very close bond… Her transformation has been such a joy to have witnessed — one I will never forget.”

More info: Where Pigs Fly | Facebook (h/t: thedodo)

Meet Edna the rescue pig, who spent 12 years living in a tiny pen with her sister

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They were found at a private residence in Australia owned by some heartless people

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“The pen was muddy… Even after a short burst of rain, the dirt floor would pool water for days and days”

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“Due to confinement, her leg muscles were weak and it would hurt for her to stand”

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One day the piggie’s owners decided to move away… and they just left Edna and her sister to die

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After some time, Edna’s sister passed away from the lack of food and water

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For the next 6 months, the piggie was by herself. Luckily, some kind neighbors fed Edna whenever they could

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It was them who contacted Pearce and asked her to save the animal

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“She was emotionally shut down when she first arrived… and rarely moved for weeks. She was scared”

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However, eventually, the unexpected happened: the woman and the pig became friends

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“When I look into Edna’s eyes, there is someone looking back at me”

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“We have a very close bond….”

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“Her transformation has been such a joy to have witnessed — one I will never forget”

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The Laugh Fan 7 years ago

I've read many articles that say pigs are intelligent and often will make bonds with people in the way that dogs do. What a terrible thing to do to these beautiful animals - so relieved there's a happy ending even though it is so sad that one of them died. Heartbreaking. Lovely Edna - be happy piggy. Bless you for caring Deborah.

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It's Caturday 7 years ago

Reminds me of Charlotte's Web. I wish I could save and adopt a (small) piggie. I had one growing up on my farm, before, you know...

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Caroline Petersen 7 years ago

Why did it take the neighbors 6 months to contact the shelter?

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Kaz Baz 7 years ago

Aw that last photo.....<3

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It's Caturday 7 years ago

Dammit. I think I need to go vegetarian and maybe vegan again. I barely get any protein intake to begin with, though!! Is there a dairy or egg production that's relatively cruelty free? Like, eggs from pastured hens? They lay them anyway, right?

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Gryzelda 7 years ago

We don't need that much protein. For women it's 0.8 g/day. You can find good quality protein in legumes and some grains - protein in oats, buckwheat and quinoa is pretty well balanced. Free range eggs are certainly less cruel, but older and less productive hens go to the slaughter house rather than retire. Additionally there are different breeds optimised for meat production and eggs production, so for strictly egg farms roosters are pretty useless and often killed the day when they are hatched.

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