Woodstock Farm Sanctuary, High Falls, New York

Woodstock received a call from local animal control that a pig was on the loose on one of the highways. Police had managed to corral her in a garage to avoid any accidents, and the Woodstock crew arrived with a trailer to take the scared pig to safety. Olive’s escape circumstances remain unknown, but her future is one of safety and love. Olive loves human attention, but she is one territorial girl when it comes to her fellow pigs: despite her smaller stature she routinely bosses the other pigs around who defer to her feisty self.

Woodstock Farm Sanctuary, High Falls, New York

Jack lived at a Brooklyn slaughterhouse where he was used to breed goats for slaughter onsite. The facility was busted for this illegal practice, and Jack, along with Joy and their son Joey, were brought to Woodstock. One can only imagine the trauma the couple likely endured as their babies were taken and slaughtered likely within earshot, maybe even sight. Joey was luckily still small and nursing at the time of the bust, and, once safe at Woodstock, the trio was able to experience soft hay beds and kind humans for the very first time as a family.

oodstock Farm Sanctuary, High Falls, New York

Woodstock Farm Sanctuary, High Falls, New York

Fawn’s mother was a dairy cow chained in a milking stall that prevented any movement or ability to lie down. She gave birth to Fawn standing, and the newborn calf fell into the manure pit behind the cows, severely damaging her front knee. The farmer wouldn’t spend money to get care for the calf, but he gave her to a woman he knew who wanted to raise a calf. After a year and an incorrect diagnosis of her fractured knee that prevented proper healing, Fawn’s good leg could not support her weight and she was knee walking. Vets advised euthanasia, but the woman contacted Woodstock who was able to get Fawn to Cornell and a near miraculous treatment that has enabled the loving and affectionate Fawn to not only walk, but thrive at sanctuary.