I just  got in from  poop scooping the farm pigs paddocks   which are  in a ft of mud and water in some places.   With all the  vegans, animal activists, anti  this and anti that and  all  for the  ethical treatment   of animals why am i  alone here?  
I shoved the wheelbarrow a foot at a time and  pulled my boot out in every step that i was able to take.  Rose one of  my farm  pigs   who is  physically challenged    returned to her paddock within  15 minutes of  being let out.   She is cranky and  the mud is  no doubt adding to her discomfort  and  while i stood there  telling her  i am sorry that i  am  doing the best i can  by myself   i started to cry.  
 Day after  day  i  see  farm  pigs needing homes  on top of the  hourly cries for help  for this goat, that sheep , a  herd of cows, a hut full of rabbits  and a barn full of chickens.  While we are evolving  more and more  are  getting a chance to get  them out from under the life they were bred for and there is no where for them to go.  
 So much for Valentines Day ....this heart   says  unite!!   And    support  or  create  the place, so they  have   somewhere  for them to go.    I spent  over a half a million   on credit  for the pigs  i brought  home , who is going to help me  pay for it so  i  can  do better for them and bring more home??   Add the 22000,00  for the fencing and  i need another  20,000 to finish it.   
 And i don't need suggestions as  i  do  everything i can  to bring  help and money in here. Advertise,  fund-raise ,net work, interviews, radio shows, tv spots ,   newsletters, websites, face-book ,  Blog  and  try to get more sponsors,  homes,  and even  write  major players   to try and get   them to see me.   Suggestions don't  help the animals here , there  only caretaker is   outside  working.        
 Another Grant denied  last week...  i imagine  the board  looking at  all the choices cat and  dog rescues...  what A pig rescue???  Pass...       
 Sorry for my rant..
Sunday, February 14, 2010
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Rant away.
I want to get volunteers to work some animal-rights and environment-week tables on campus in a few weeks and I literally don't know how I'll find them. Where is everybody?
Why don't things count on a daily basis?
Why does this always feel so lonely?
I'm sorry I live 3 provinces away or I'd come and shovel with you.
My guess about the vegans, etc, is that they don't know about you yet. I didn't know about farm sanctuaries myself until a couple of years ago. I cried and cried when flooded hog barns left surviving pigs being shot by cops until I heard about sanctuaries helping them. Didn't know you guys were out there --and I thought I was informed. We have to keep spreading the word. As well as shovelling the literal pig shit :)
It just gets hard to stay optimistic and that more help will come. I've been saying it for years LOL And yes i do have help and i couldn't of got this far with out it but i wanted to be able do more by now darn it. I am grateful and proud of what i have done but when your alone "in the ditches" your alone! Thank you for getting it A&P and D & T ;o))
Gosh, I wished I lived closer for I would help you however I could. Alas, I live in Virginia in the United States. I so admire you and your tireless resolve to help these wonderful creatures. I think pigs just rock!!
Thank you Lolly, I think so too!!!
Rant away but keep your chin up girl...you are a fighter & summer is just around the corner....no (or less) mud & happy sunning pigs!
Look what you accomplished last year....you are SUPER WOMAN ....LOL!
....oh, & keep hoping for volunteers because even supper woman needs help sometime!
Your right.. Up Up and Awayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy LOL
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