PCRM staffers jumped to the aid of
nearly 200 five-month-old pigs headed for slaughter. The triple-deck livestock trailer
transporting the animals from the Hanor factory farm in North Carolina to a slaughterhouse
in Pennsylvania was abandoned by its driver in northeast Washington, D.C., on October 1.
The severely stressed and dehydrated animals were taken to an animal sanctuary where PCRM
staffers Andrew Breslin, Jennifer Drone, William Green, A.R. Hogan, Miyun Park, Steven
Ragland, and Stephanie Sarkis all lent a hand with unloading the pigs, feeding them, and
providing fresh water. The surviving 167 pigs are now permanent residents at three animal
sanctuaries—PIGS, a sanctuary, in W. Va., Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary in
Poolesville, Md., and Farm Sanctuary in Watkins Glen, N.Y.—where they will live out
the rest of their lives in peace.
PCRM staffers jumped to the aid of
nearly 200 five-month-old pigs headed for slaughter. The triple-deck livestock trailer
transporting the animals from the Hanor factory farm in North Carolina to a slaughterhouse
in Pennsylvania was abandoned by its driver in northeast Washington, D.C., on October 1.
The severely stressed and dehydrated animals were taken to an animal sanctuary where PCRM
staffers Andrew Breslin, Jennifer Drone, William Green, A.R. Hogan, Miyun Park, Steven
Ragland, and Stephanie Sarkis all lent a hand with unloading the pigs, feeding them, and
providing fresh water. The surviving 167 pigs are now permanent residents at three animal
sanctuaries—PIGS, a sanctuary, in W. Va., Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary in
Poolesville, Md., and Farm Sanctuary in Watkins Glen, N.Y.—where they will live out
the rest of their lives in peace.