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(pigs grunting) (melon crunching) (acoustic guitar music) ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ - What a good boy.

(acoustic guitar music) (slow-tempo banjo music) Hog Haven Farm is a rescue and sanctuary primarily for pigs.

We're home to 123 pigs at the moment, mostly potbellied pigs like Guapo, and also some standard breeds of pig, what would traditionally be called farm pigs.

We rescue these guys from all sorts of situations, abandonment, abuse, neglect.

We've saved a few from slaughter, and we rehabilitate the ones that need it.

We try to adopt the potbellies out as pets as often as we can, and we provide sanctuary to the ones that we can't adopt out.

In five years, we've rescued over 250 pigs.

We've been able to place about 100, oh, more than 100, in forever homes as pets, and home to 123 at the moment.

So before Hog Haven Farm was a thing, I was managing a camera store down in Littleton, and going to graduate school for a business degree.

Got pet pigs, we started with one pet pig, six years ago, totally fell in love with her, and she changed our lives.

We thought we'd want a second pet pig, and during that time, realized the need for rescue was really big, and there weren't a lot of rescue options here in Colorado.

So we put together a business plan.

Thought it would take five years to do anything; took off in about six months.

(laughs) So we've moved twice to accommodate the growing demands of the rescue, and I was able to quit my day job in 2016 to take care of the pigs full-time.

Having one central building to house every single one of our pigs is really important, especially this time of year, because when we get blizzards and severe storms, going around to 18 different pig pens is not safe for me in particular.

So we're building a 40 by 80 foot pole barn that will have stalls and will house all 123 of our residents.

So we had the groundbreaking done a couple of months ago, and it's ready to go for construction to start.

I think we're supposed to have the barn-builder out here in like two or three weeks, which is really exciting.

And once they come out, they're gonna be able to construct it within a week or so.

And we've got 100% of the funds raised for the construction, but we still need to raise funds to cover utilities.

We've learned hard lessons and kind of figured it out as we've gone along, but it helps that we both have a business mindset aside from this and before coming into Hog Haven, because I think some people that wanna start a rescue just have no idea about the business side of it.

Like, we have to make sure that we bring in the appropriate funds, we know what our overhead is.

I do draw a salary from Hog Haven Farm, but if we don't have enough to cover our monthly expenses for the pigs, I don't get paid.

And that's part of the governance from our Board of Directors, it's written into our bylaws.

And I think it's very important.

Like, they come first.

This isn't about me; it's about them.

(acoustic guitar music) (crowd talking) - [Visitor] Oh, this is also The Mac, huh?

- It's The Mac.

- [Visitor] Oh, yeah, you can see here.

- Oh, yeah.

So these are the designs we have for the men, is we have this, "The Friends of The Mac Attack," and our newest one, which is a "Support Rescue."

Erin designed all of these.

- [Visitor] Which one's Erin?

- That one's Erin.

- Hi, Steve.

- [Steve] Shake my hand, Jake.

That a good boy.

- [Visitor] Can you train my children?

- [Steve] No, I'm pretty stern.

- [Andrew] Just kinda cool to see all the different personalities.

So some of them are gonna be more soft and she'll play with.

We gotta quarantine as well.

She'll be out chasing and playing, running together.

- [Erin] I'm usually up here.

(crowd talking) - When we moved here, I was just lookin' for pig groups, and I joined the Colorado Mini Pig Group.

And I met Erin and through her, I met Hog Haven Farm.

We came to all the events, and then we saw Kramer in one of their pamphlets, and we really wanted to adopt him.

So we came out and we got him.

- [Christopher] How's that workin' out?

- He's great, he gets along with our other pig.

They're the best of friends.

- Yeah, so far, it's been pretty good.

Kramer was a little skittish at first, real skittish.

As we said, he came out of a hoarding situation, so.

- [Christopher] Oh.

- He wasn't very people-friendly - Didn't like people at first, but now he's great.

- He spent like a month in my office before he got used to people.

But, you know, he discovered belly rubs, he was sold on the whole human thing.

(country guitar music) ♪ I've got time for you ♪ ♪ I used to think that was not true ♪ ♪ Up the hill and then back down ♪ ♪ I've got time for you ♪ ♪ Years of this and that ♪ - Today is Pippy's fifth birthday.

She was our first pig; she's queen bee, the one that started all of this and made us fall in love with piggys, and decide to run a rescue.

So we've got a little birthday treat for her, and I'm gonna sing "Happy Birthday" to her so she feels special.

♪ Happy birthday to you ♪ ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪ ♪ Happy birthday dear Pippy, ♪ ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪ (pig grunts) Come, lady, come down.

Come here, lady.

Are you lookin' for snacks?

Okay.

It was like five p.m. Friday of Labor Day weekend, and I came to a stop on I-25, and the vehicle behind me didn't notice that traffic was stopping until it was pretty much too late, and rear-ended me.

He was probably going 35 miles an hour upon point of impact, pushed me into the car in front of me.

But the most significant thing from that car accident is when he collided with the back of my vehicle, it blew out the glass window on the back of my SUV.

And that moment triggered memories from Columbine that I had completely repressed.

Hadn't thought about it in years So on April 20th of '99, I was a freshman.

I was walking back to class from the Attendance Office, and behind me were the front doors to the high school, and at the other end of the hall is another set of doors.

I think it's the west entrance of the building.

And as I was walking to the gym, there was a commotion at those doors.

And I didn't know what was going on.

I thought it was either a fight breaking out or a senior prank, but those glass doors got broken, and I very vividly remember that noise.

And I kind of laughed about it, because I was like, oh, somebody's gonna be in deep (beep).

Those glass doors that I saw break were shot out by the shooters.

And the first victim of the shooting, Rachel Scott, was murdered on the other side of those doors.

So I had guilt for awhile of laughing at that, 'cause I did laugh at it when I went back to class, and just a (beep) feeling.

So there is a very distinct sound from the glass doors at the school getting shot out that correlated with the sound of my back windshield blowing out from impact, and just brought everything to the surface.

And I've repressed it that whole time.

Like, I never talked about it.

There I am.

When you get impacted, your brain will slam against the back of your skull, and then with the whiplash motion, it'll slam in the front of your skull, so you end up getting a concussion on both sides of your head.

So I had that.

I started having vision problems, so I ended up having to go to an occupational therapist.

And then because of my PTSD coming back with the Columbine situation, I ended up going to an EMDR therapist as well.

And I had to stop working temporarily because of my head injury.

So had to give up work, which is what I thrived on, and stay at home, not watch TV, not use the computer, not read.

I had to drop out of my graduate program.

And I found the only way to cope was with this pig right here, Pippy.

So at that time, I'd had Pippy for almost three months, maybe?

Let's see; a little over three months, almost four months.

And I honestly think that Pippy saved my life during that time.

(cars whooshing) (dog barks) (wind whistles) (birds chirping) This is little Primrose.

She is a week old today, and she wasn't nursing from her mom properly, wasn't gaining weight and wasn't So the lady who had her wanted to surrender her to someone that could provide proper care to hand-raise her since she wasn't getting proper nutrition.

And it can be pretty tricky hand-raising a piglet, so.

She's surrendered to Hog Haven now, and she's doin' really good with her milk replacer.

She's got some good energy.

You're so fast; you're so fast.

Come here, come here.

You can see she sucks on my arm when I pick her up.

So I'm mixing up a pint and that'll last a few days.

She doesn't really need that much with how little she is.

Goat's milk replacer is also really good for piglets, but that's gonna be quite a bit more expensive, and this is just easier 'cause we know it's fully balanced nutrition.

But that's about as much as she needs right now, so I'm just gonna put this pan in the pen with her.

Come here, honey, look, it's lunchtime.

It's lunchtime, just come see.

(acoustic guitar music) (pig lips smacking) But you can see she's a good little eater.

(acoustic guitar music) (pig lips smacking) (acoustic guitar music) Are you ready for breakfast?

You wanna come meet the other girls before I feed 'em?

Come here, come here, you.

Florence is more timid and you don't bite, and Ruth's eyebrows are amazing.

They're feelin' pretty good.

They're gettin' used to me.

(acoustic guitar music) They haven't been totally thrilled with me because I had to give 'em shots, and Ruth has to take pain meds every day because of her back foot, but they're comin' around.

They're thinkin' I'm okay now.

(acoustic guitar music) (pig grunts) (water swooshing) I soak their pellets to make it into like a mush for them, to make it easier for them to eat.

There's always a risk of them choking on dry pellets until they get a little bit older.

(pig grunts) Oh, I know, you're so hungry.

(pig grunts) I know you're so hungry.

No, don't jump.

(lips smacking) (acoustic guitar music) And this is Meloxicam for Ruth.

We're finally at a point where she'll suck on the syringe, which is awesome.

Come here, Ruth, just for you.

Oh, we'll have our meds.

Oh, good girl.

Oh, that's so good.

(acoustic guitar music) Are we hungry?

Excuse me, excuse me.

Come on, let's go.

(pig grunts) Mufasa.

The conditions he lived in, in Indiana were just like thick, chest-deep mud, no clean water, no dry ground, no shelter.

We took in nine of them from Indiana.

We adopted two out, so we still have seven of 'em.

So Granny and Mufasa are Indy pigs, and they moved up here because of Mufasa's skin condition.

We've had him on, I think, four rounds of antibiotics now to clear it up, and he has to get medicated baths periodically.

So to just make that easier on me, we put him in the basement.

And Granny got really sad when he moved out of the pen, so Granny got to come up.

And then the rest of the Indy pigs are down the hill.

There were five of us rescues working on it, and pigs came to Colorado, they went to Missouri, they went to Indiana, of course, they stayed there, and Tennessee.

Hey, there.

(pig grunts) - [Katie] We'll be back.

We'll be back.

- Hey, Erin here from Hog Haven Farm.

We have made it to the site where the pigs are.

We're currently trying to get a head count and identify genders for each pen.

And as you can see, the conditions are not okay.

This is one of the more worse-off pens.

These guys have very deep mud that they're gettin' around in and there's no fresh water.

We're workin' on gettin' fresh water to everybody right now.

That's crucial.

It's, you know, about 80 degrees, probably 100% humidity.

I'm gonna have Susan put the camera in here, and I will give you a disclaimer.

This isn't for the faint of heart.

This is really upsetting.

She's got some kinda respiratory thing goin' on.

(pig grunts) - [Andrew] Hello, Indiana Pig Rescue fans.

This is Andrew from Hog Haven Farm.

Erin and Katie just arrived with eight of the Indy pig rescue pigs here in Colorado at Hog Haven Farm.

And we are about to let them loose into their new quarter-acre pasture.

Katie, you wanna do the honors?

- [Katie] Oh, yeah.

(door squeaks) - [Erin] Come on, guys.

Come on, let's go.

Oh, here we go, here we go.

- [Andrew] You guys want some water?

- [Erin] Come on, let's go.

(food crunching) - So Greta gets Gabapentin for her leg mobility issue, and the easiest way for me to give her Gabapentin is just stuff it in a Fig Newton.

So we're gonna go give her her Fig Newton real quick.

Greta, Greta.

(bucket clanging) (pig grunts) Okay, come on, Herschel.

Come on, come on; come on, come on.

So I always get him goin' first, and then I come up and grab hay for the goats.

So I'm gonna go run and grab the hay real quick.

(pigs grunting) Come on, buddy.

Come on, let's get your breakfast.

Come on, come on.

(acoustic guitar music) Come on, come on.

I'm more of the mindset let's plant a seed, I'm gonna live by example.

I don't want to get on my soapbox and tell you how you should live your life.

And for the people that make a connection and recognize that, yeah, factory farming is a really terrible thing, and we're destroying our planet because of animal agriculture, how can I make a difference?

Just one step at a time.

If you give up meat one meal a day, or if you stop eating dairy or just start trying these alternative products that are out there, every little bit makes a difference.

And I do wanna see a compassionate future.

I do think plant-based living is becoming a bigger and bigger thing, and I think we're getting there slowly but surely.

All right, we're here and on to the next.

(car door slams) (donkey brays) (pig grunts) (feet rustling) And you can see I've always got little beggars tryin' to help me out.

Excuse me.

It's coming.

Steve.

(birds chirping) (truck rumbling) (birds chirping) We would stack a full pallet in here, so it would be stacked to, like, this tall.

And by the time we get to the bottom, there's two or three bags that are ruined because of mice.

So we stopped storing the feed down here, and we keep it up in the garage by the farmhouse now.

And it'll be really nice once we have a barn with an actual room that's sealed off to keep mice out as a long-term goal.

It's interesting, though, we've had times in the summer where snakes have been up here in the rafters, and they'll hang down to get the mice.

Yeah, I have pictures of that.

That always freaks me out.

Like, you don't expect to have a snake right here, you know?

(bag rustles) So our food cost is, I think that's our highest cost out of everything.

- [Andrew] Yeah, what are we at right now?

Like $2,000 a month, a little over that?

- [Erin] Probably a little over that.

We go through two tons of feed a month.

- [Andrew] Literal tons.

- [Erin] Literal tons.

You have heard for years and years that pigs are dirty animals and that their environment is disgusting, and they're never good for pets or they're not sentient beings, and it's all myth, because we don't want people to know the truth.

We don't want 'em to know how cuddly pigs are and that they love their tummy scratched, that they wag their tails when they're happy.

People don't wanna hear that about what they're about to eat.

- [Christopher] Where'd you guys come from?

- We flew into Portland, drove to Molina, Oregon, picked him up from a hoarding case last year.

- [Erin] Let's come out.

- [Woman Visitor] Come on, guys.

- [Erin] They look like Kune mixes.

- [Woman Visitor] You think so?

- [Erin] I do.

- Oh, that's very possible, actually.

- Their faces.

- Yeah.

- [Woman Visitor] Come on, let's get out.

(pig grunts) - [Erin] Oh, my gosh, let's do it.

We're so lazy.

- [Andrew] Do you know Erin told the same thing after her first trip to Indy?

- [Erin] We're so lazy.

Oh, here we go, oh, yeah.

- [Andrew] Oh, boy.

(laughs) - [Erin] They might have overfed - Well, now they're gonna eat the entire way down.

- [Erin] Come on, babies.

Come on.

- [Woman Visitor] How much do you think he weighs?

I totally got- - [Erin] 200.

- [Woman Visitor] Okay, 200.

Whoa.

Yay, Bubba, good boy, Benben, good boy.

(pig grunts) - [Erin] They're named after Andrew, my grandma's.

So Ruth is after my grandma.

- [Woman Visitor] Hi, Ruth.

Oh, my God, they are so sweet.

And I can't remember, where'd you get them at?

- [Erin] They were, we're their fourth home.

- [Woman Visitor] Oh.

- They were purchased as a Father's Day present and not well-received.

- Oh.

- So a lady took 'em in to foster them while the lady that bought them looked for a home for them.

And they were attacked by a raccoon.

- Okay, I remember that.

- So that's how they came to us.

And they're on rabies quarantine right now, which lifts tomorrow.

- Yeah, oh, okay.

- So.

- Oh, they're so sweet.

- Which is excellent because I can't wait to put them with Prim so they can all be buddies.

- [Woman Visitor] Oh, yes, here we go.

- [Erin] Oh, we gonnna make mud?

(laughs) Yeah, we're happy.

(acoustic guitar music) Oh, yeah, oh, yeah.

- [Andrew] That good stuff?

(acoustic guitar music) - [Erin] Oh, yeah.

(acoustic guitar music) - I think for me, the goal is to normalize pigs as pets.

I mean, cats are a pretty normal pet, dogs are a pretty normal pet.

And I'd like to see a world where pigs are the third great domestic pet.

- [Samantha] Good morning.

- [Andrew] Morning.

How are you?

- [Samantha] Good.

How are you?

- [Andrew] Good.

Are you Samantha?

- [Samantha] Yes.

Do you want me to drive around?

- [Andrew] No, no.

- Okay.

I'm like, how do I know I'm in the right spot?

I guess the 50 million pigs would be a good indication.

(laughs) - Lot of times, yeah.

Lot of times.

- [Erin] Nice to meet you.

- [Samantha] I know, how are you?

- [Erin] Oh, I'm hanging in there.

How are you?

- [Samantha] Good.

- [Erin] Oh, those are beautiful.

Thank you, and my favorite.

Oh, God, after the week you've had?

Thank you.

That's so good.

- [Samantha] Hi.

I'm on five acres with 16 rescue animals.

I have a quarter horse, a donkey, three mini horses, two mini pigs, and ducks, and a human child and a husband.

- So your girls are like 160-ish pound range?

- [Samantha] They're about the size of that one walking away.

- That's Pippy.

She's the one that started all this.

He lost a ton of weight.

He lost over 100 pounds.

How much food you still got?

Come here.

So you can see he's got like all this extra skin because he lost so much weight, but he's healthy now.

Good weight; he's probably 120 pounds.

- [Samantha] He's just tall.

- He's tall and long.

- [Samantha] Yeah, I was gonna say.

- And he's a lover, even though he's distracted.

Peter, Peter.

It's been, let's see, we've had him for three years now, and he was in the farmhouse when we lived in here for a bit.

He can do stairs, but he never had potty accidents in the house, so I don't imagine that being a problem.

Peter's still looking for food.

(water sloshes) - [Samantha] Oh, my gosh.

- [Erin] Oh, Peter.

- [Samantha] (laughs) But it feels so nice.

- [Erin] Oscar is up here.

We have two Oscars.

- [Samantha] Black and white, right?

- [Erin] He's gray and black, yeah.

Oscar.

Come here, Peter, Peter.

- [Samantha] What do you think, honey?

Food?

Do you think about havin' two girlfriends?

- He's like, you talkin' to me?

Yeah, now that there's no food around, Peter's like, okay, I can be social.

Yeah, I can show my true colors.

Well, hi, other Oscar, hi, hello, hello.

The more I think about it, this Oscar probably needs to go to a single pig household.

Come here, Oscar.

Come show her your tricks.

Can you spin?

Do you shake?

Shake, hey, shake.

Good boy.

Oscar down, Oscar down.

He'll bend down on his front knees, too.

- [Samantha] Oh, my God.

- [Erin] And he sits.

Yeah, you're in the way; he's showin' off.

(Samantha laughs) I can get him vetted next week.

He's up to date on vaccinations.

I'll have to look on when those were done 'cause he might be due on dewormer.

I have different pens on different schedules, so I'll have to look and see when he was dewormed.

But I also do Rhini Shield, which is respiratory vaccination.

- [Samantha] Okay.

- And FarrowSure, which is Erysipelas, Lepto, Parvo.

And then it'll have, the adoption contract will have all of his vaccination records in it.

- Okay.

- Since I do that myself, I won't have proof from a vet, but I promise I do vaccinate.

(laughs) - (laughs) I believe you.

- He's seen it lots of times.

(laughs) And then we'll do the tusk trim and get him updated on dewormer, so- - Deal.

- He'll be good to go.

- All right, we finally got to meet.

- [Erin] Likewise.

- [Samantha] It's only been like seven years.

- [Erin] And thanks for the food- - [Samantha] Good to see you again.

- [Erin] And for the flowers.

- [Samantha] Yes.

- [Erin] That was really sweet of you.

- [Samantha] Put that in the fridge and tell me how you like it.

- [Erin] I will.

- [Samantha] I'll bring more.

(laughs) - Awesom - Mr. Peter.

Peter, Peter, Peter.

Come here, let's go.

Peter, Peter.

Hey, Peter.

(upbeat banjo music) Come on.

(pig squeals) (upbeat banjo music) I don't think Peter's ever been bathed before.

(water sloshes) You guys are gonna be house pigs.

(pig grunts) I know.

Come over here, lady.

That's gotta feel good, it's hot out.

(upbeat banjo music) You guys are real good.

You guys are real good boys.

It's time to hang out and dry off.

Hey, I'm gonna bring you some water.

(upbeat banjo music) Transporting pigs, transporting horses, vaccinating horses.

We've had pigs spayed in here before.

We've had hoof and tusk trim sedation done in here before.

Now baths.

It was a good investment.

(laughs) - [Samantha] Hi, little dude.

What are you doing?

Did you get your tusks trimmed?

- [Erin] Um-hum.

- [Samantha] You look really cute.

Hi, hi.

- [Erin] They're ready to get outta here.

- [Samantha] Oh, hey, Peter.

Hey, Peter, Peter.

- [Erin] You're not coming out yet; not yet.

Not yet, Peter, Peter.

Not yet, Peter, Peter, let me grab the door.

- [Andrew] Hey, Goobers.

- [Erin] For the dewormer, aren't you supposed to get one.

I get them in oral, though.

Oh, Oscar's ready.

What a good boy.

Come on, Peter.

- [Samantha] Come on.

Peter.

- [Erin] You can go ahead and close that door up to the ramp.

There we go.

Come on, buddy.

(pig grunts) Come on, I know.

What are we doing?

No, no, no, no, this way.

Here we go.

- [Samantha] Hi.

- [Erin] See?

Good boy.

That's the easiest pig-loading ever.

- [Andrew] Pig boarding ramp.

- [Erin] All right, you ready?

- [Samantha] Can you smile for the picture?

Look at her.

- [Erin] Oscar, I cannot see your face.

- [Samantha] Hey, dude.

- [Erin] All right, good enough.

Cool, well, hit me up when you get home.

Let me know that you made it.

- [Samantha] I will, and they're in a separate yard from the girls.

So for as long as they need to be.

- [Erin] Perfect.

I'd say give it a month.

- [Samantha] Did you say one of them was housetrained?

- [Erin] They both are.

- [Samantha] Oh, they are?

- [Erin] Yep.

- [Samantha] Okay, so that's not gonna be an issue.

- [Erin] Yep.

- [Samantha] I get freaked out about- - [Erin] Peter's gonna be so happy to be back in the house.

- [Samantha] Okay, good.

- [Erin] He used to try and break in the house, so.

- [Samantha] Okay.

- [Erin] He's gonna be stoked.

- [Samantha] So he'll be- - And Oscar's a good boy in the house, so.

Well, and I mean, we do believe that the pigs pick people I totally stand by that.

And that was obvious with Oscar.

And Peter liked her too, so I'm glad she was willing to take both of 'em because they are buds and they do both like her.

- Yep.

- They're gonna do great.

Burgie was found wandering in the desert like southeast of Grand Junction.

There's nothing out there.

I mean, it's flat and hot, and it's desert.

Had her ears removed prior to being turned out.

And it's obvious looking at her that she's just gone through serious neglect between breeding and improper diet, her ears being gone.

And she's the most forgiving pig I've ever met.

She could be pregnant; we'll find out next week.

So our long-term goal with Prim, Florence and Ruth is to move them in with Burgie.

Since she's clearly had a lot of babies, just given her physical body structure, and never been able to live with any of her babies, we think that the piglets will be a really good fit for her.

So we think she'll be a good mom figure, and that they'll appreciate learning how to be proper piggies from a pig like Burgie, who's super-super-sweet.

And they're all kind of uninterested in each other at the moment, but I know it'll change the more they're around each other.

(acoustic guitar music) Burgie, come.

Hi, Burgie.

Hi, Burgie.

Look at these little babies.

We've had four litters born here, and of the four, one of the mamas passed away, two of the mamas still live here, and they still live with their babies, and one mama we adopted out with one of our babies, and they form incredible bonds with their kids.

I really do think pigs are one of the most caring mothers out there.

So that's kind of our goal with integrating the piglets is for her to really be able to be a mom and have that bond.

But I just wonder what's going through her head about it.

You don't even care.

Oh, now you care?

What is that?

So they're all about 11 weeks at this point.

We think Florence and Ruth are actually about the same age as Primrose.

When they were sold, the woman that bought them were told that they were older, but based on their size and how they're growing, and how their teeth are looking, we think they're the same age.

So 11-week-old little babies.

(pig grunts) So when she was breathing at me a little bit ago, that's called hot pants, and that's how pigs tell other pigs or humans that they love them.

So it's a real, like, breathy noise.

(mellow electric keyboard music) These are gonna be your babies.

(pig slurping) (electric guitar chords) - Last I talked to the barn-builders, the 40 by 80 plan was somethin' like $45,000 with concrete, or $45,000 with insulation, and then another 18,000 in concrete.

And we've got about 35,000 in the bank right now, and we're tryin' to figure out how to work better with that, given the way the fundraising climate has been lately.

It'll be 40 wide this way, it'll be 80 long this way, kinda to that little drop-off.

We got water inside, set up a pump system so we have good water pressure.

Some alternative wood stove heaters that are super-safe and super-efficient to kinda keep things above freezing in the wintertime.

And then all the pens will fan out kinda like this from each side.

So there will be eight stalls, 10 feet wide inside, on each side of the barn, the north side and the south side.

As far as timeframe, it is now the very first part of September, and I would like it done, say, by the end of October, because that's when the weather's really gonna start affecting things.

(acoustic guitar music) - The babies are three months old now, and they've been living in here permanently for probably three weeks with Burgie.

I'm thinkin' that we'll probably keep all four of these guys.

Before, I was certain that we would keep Primrose and certain that we would keep Burgie, but she's such a good mom to all of these babies that I don't wanna separate them.

They're a good little family.

(acoustic guitar music) We do keep Hog Haven Farm a vegan sanctuary.

I don't really like the word veganism at this point, because it has so many negative connotations.

I do like the word plant-based.

But we don't lecture any visitors about it.

We want people to come out and meet the pigs, see their personalities, and start to think about it, like, oh, this is where my bacon comes from.

Do I really wanna be eating bacon?

And we've had a lot of visitors that make comments before they leave saying, "I don't wanna eat bacon any more."

And that's mission accomplished at the end of the day.

Because I can tell people till I'm blue in the face, like, "Stop eating pigs."

"They're amazing sentient beings, just don't eat them."

But until you actually interact with a pig, and actually see their personalities, and see how different each pig that's at Hog Haven Farm is, you're not gonna make that connection.

For me, I think the changes came from just being around pigs more and by realizing just how amazing they are.

Like, no, I really don't want to eat my friends.

I really don't.

- I'm Andrea Davis.

I'm the Director of Broken Shovels Farm Sanctuary.

We are a home for slaughter-bound, neglected, abused farm animals.

We have 23 species here, over 400 animals.

And I'm a former dairy farmer.

(rooster crows) (dog barks) After three years of fighting with the county that I'm in, we were unable to secure the proper permits to keep it.

It should've been permitted before it was built, but I was scammed by the builder and was told this particular type of building didn't require permits, which it absolutely did.

And I didn't find out until after they were finished and paid.

You know, seeing this come down, we built it three years ago, just on the heels of closing our dairy and becoming a sanctuary.

And so it was, (laughs) it meant a lot, Gracie, it really meant a lot to us to be able to have that barn, so it's bittersweet.

But the fortunate part is that Hog Haven, and Erin and Andrew can use this barn now, and repurpose it for pigs, make someone else safe.

So it's exciting to me that if it had to come down, it's gonna go on to have this new life, and serve and protect other rescued animals that need it.

(dog barks) (acoustic guitar music) (car horn honks) - [Erin] So Andrew.

- [Andrew] Yeah.

- [Erin] Scale of one to 10, how pumped are you?

- [Andrew] How pumped up am I?

- [Erin] Yeah.

- I'll be pretty pumped when it's put up.

- [Erin] Yeah, well, this is pretty exciting.

- Yeah, that works.

Let's do it.

(acoustic guitar music) (drill machine buzzing) - [Erin] When you realize how awesome these guys are in so many different ways, it's absolutely life-changing and there's just no going back after that.

(acoustic guitar music) Oh, good girl.

- Oh, hey, everybody, it's Andrew from Hog Haven Farm.

(pig grunts) - Bah, bah, bah.

(pig grunts) Ruh, ruh, ruh, ruh.

(pig grunts) (acoustic guitar music) - Never saw this.

(Andrew laughs) Never saw myself being in the rescue world, for one, but seeing it take off so fast and expand so fast, and be successful, like we're doin' somethin' right.

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