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PIG SANCTUARY

Ironwood Pig SanctuaryPost Office Box 35490

Tucson, AZ 85740July 2016

Dear Supporter,

We recently rescued Mocha from the Maricopa County Fair. She was a 4H hog and destined to board a truckand be hauled off with all the other 6 to 8 month old pigs to a slaughterhouse. Her owners appealed to us totake her since they had fallen in love with this sweet loving being over the months they had her and werehorrified by what was about to happen to her.

This was a terribly traumatic experience for me as well. This was my third experience with rescuing 4H hogs.One was another Duroc, much like Mocha, when we were volunteers. A kind man from New York paidLicorice’s auction fee. His companion, Oreo could not be saved. Our gentle giant, Pinkerton who many of youknew through our newsletters or visiting her, was brought to us as a 4H hog shortly after we opened and shelived with us until she was 11 years old.

Children are generally taught to love and respect animals, but why do we limit that love and respect to onlycertain species and not others? How does a society justify letting a child have an animal, be it pig, steer, goat,sheep or any other species, to name and love and then sell it at a 4H auction often for a greatly inflated sum ofmoney. This is the greatest form of betrayal to these animals, to let an animal you have learned to love be soldfor the greatest monetary price. Is this the message we want our children to grow up with? Times are changingand we are making many inroads for the protection of animals across this nation. I think it is time for 4H torethink what they are brainwashing children to believe. Their message is certainly not respect and compassion.

We rescued Mocha and took her to California last week at great expense to us.However the cost to save her life was probably no more than the inflated costthat would have been paid to take her life at the 4H auction. She will nowlive her life out at a friend’s rescue with another huge Duroc, Beaker and hisfriend Picasso.

Sincerely,

President & CoFounder

IRONWOOD PIG SANCTUARY Issue 71

Mocha at Her New HomeMocha at Ironwood

Mocha in Her New CA Field

MUD On a hot day in the desertor even just a warm day, there’snothing like a good ole roll in themud! Some pigs are polite aboutit and sort of ease into the mud

and lie down. Others get carriedaway with themselves and rolland kick and squirm until they’recompletely coated with nice, cool

mud. What a fun way to cool off!Rooting through the mud andreconstructing the mud wallows isa favorite pastime of many.

WATER Since pigs cannotsweat or pant to release body heat

like other animals do, they have touse mud or water. Most pigs havea preference of mud wallowversus wading pool while some

are happy with either. I’ve seenpigs napping in the pools withtheir head hanging over the side.Some pigs step into the pool thenthrow themselves down sideways

in what I call the “Shamu move”like a breaching whale creating abig splash. Being sprayed withthe water hose is also great fun for

most pigs. On the really hot daysaround here, we are often outspraying the pigs to cool them off.Oddly enough, as much as thepigs enjoy the water hose, theydislike the rain and willimmediately run inside theirshelters at the slightest sprinkle.

EACH OTHER Pigs lovehanging out with their best

friends. Some pigs stay withfamily members all their lives.Others prefer larger groups of 10-20 pigs and live in the bigcommunity shelters. Most pigshave 2-4 close friends with whichthey spend most of their time.Some pigs like having their ownshelter but will lie down outsideor up under the bushes with a few

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What Pigs Like

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buddies. Being herd animals, pigsare very social and enjoy eachother’s company.

BLANKETS Almost all pigslove to snuggle up inside a

blanket. A pile of blankets is evenbetter! During the winter wemake sure the shelters are keptfull of warm fluffy blankets. The

pigs will spend time “nesting”,pushing and shoving everythingaround to get it just right beforelying down. Some will shred theirblankets as they nest. Each pighas their own method of settlingdown for a nap on a cold night.

Some get under the pile whileothers nestle on top. A fewsomehow roll themselves up sothat they’re wrapped up tight.We’ve seen pigs bundled up in ablanket even on hot days. Theyjust love snuggling with theirblankies!

FOOD Eating is at the top ofevery pig’s list of favorite thingsto do! Whether it’s their daily

portion of grain, alfalfa hay ortasty fruits and veggies, pigs loveto eat. Out here in the desert weeven have some silly pigs that

nibble on the cactus. We feed thedifferent fields/herds in the sameorder every day to keep the pigs intheir routine. Each herd knowswhen it is getting close to theirturn and will begin to gather at thegates and start chattering. As staffmembers prepare the meal getting

bowls and buckets of grain ready,the noise level rises from the pigswith a few high pitched, earpiercing squeals thrown in forsome musical variety. Feedingtime is always an exciting time ofthe day for the pigges!

BELLY RUBS You reallyknow when a pig trusts and lovesyou when they will lie down andexpose their bellies for a belly

rub. This is the ultimate pleasurefor a pig. Some will only allowpeople they know well to perform



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this duty for them. Others willthrow themselves down atanyone’s feet in hopes for a goodrubbing session. I’ve even seenpigs giving each other belly rubswith their snouts. Once a pig liesdown and the rubbing begins,some make cute little noises ofpleasure…purrs, moans, and softgrunts. The legs kick out a bit asthey get even more comfortable.Then the hair along the spinestands straight up to show theirpleasure. Belly rubs are the best!

NAPS Pigs have a lot incommon with cats. They love totake naps! Sleeping is animportant part of their dailyschedule. Pigs are very much into

routines and will do basically thesame thing in the same spot dayafter day. There will be theultimate place to take a nap while

waiting for breakfast to appear.Then after eating and grazing onhay for a while, it’s off to theperfect spot for that mid morningnap. Once the sun has shifted, it’stime to get up and move to thenext location for yet another nap.Then as afternoon rolls around it’stime to settle down inside thehouse and go to bed. After all,moving from one napping spot toanother is tiring work!

VISITS Pigs personalities areunique and individual. Some pigslove people and will head into anycrowd to mingle and chit chat

with anyone, stranger or not.Others enjoy a quieter situationwith only one or two peopleinvolved. Still others will onlyallow touching and petting fromsomeone they know well and arecomfortable with. Often if onepig is getting petted, others willdrift over and lie down in hopesof an ear scratch or belly rub or

maybe just stand there waiting forsomeone to notice that they need aback rub. Almost every field hasa part of its herd that was neversocialized or tamed and those willeither shy away from people oronly respond to “vocal visits.”Some of those types are curiousand like to come over and betalked to but never touched. Wewant our pigs to know that theyare loved and try to respond tothem in ways they arecomfortable with. It takes a whilewith as many as we have, but youcan learn what their preferencesare.

WAGON RIDES Justkidding! We sometimes haul abale of hay out on the flat bedwagon and occasionally a pigjumps up on it to eat hay scraps.We really don’t have pigs liningup for rides on the wagons.

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Planned Giving: Thank you forconsidering the Ironwood Pig Sanctuary in yourestate plans. The Mary C Schanz Foundation isdoing business as (dba) the Ironwood PigSanctuary. For your Will please use both names(although it is okay if you’ve already used onlythe Ironwood Pig Sanctuary name), the postoffice address from the back cover and this taxidentification number for the Foundation: 86-0999483. Your support makes it possible for us togive a loving home to about 570 Pot-Bellied Pigsin our care and is very much appreciated.

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My mom and siblings werebrought here about a year ago. Allmy littermates were adopted andI’m the only one left.

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These pigs and many more are in need of asponsor. Your monthly support of $30 will cover apig’s basic needs. In exchange, you will receive a

letter and picturesgiving your pig’sbackground.Updates and newphotos are sentlater in the year.These piggies wouldlove to become partof your family!

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I came here with a litter of 8babies last summer. Boy, thatwas a lot of work raising thatmany kids!

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My mom and siblings werebrought here about a year ago. Allmy littermates were adopted andI’m the only one left.

I’ve been enjoying my time hereat Ironwood since then. I did fighta lot when I went out to the field Ilive in, which is called Spike’sField. I have to look tough youknow! I’m kind of short so theseother pigs need to know what Ipack in this small package.

Not too long after I got used tobeing in this field some of thepeople that work here noticed alump on my belly. Concerned thatit was a tumor they took me to mydoctor’s clinic again. My peopleloaded me into a carrier and putme in the van. I guess I don’tmind road trips, but it is a bit of abumpy ride. I stayed the night atthe clinic again.

The next morning they took myblood and said it wasn’t very goodbut it was good enough toanesthetize me. They put themask on my face and I got sleepy.I wasn’t asleep for long though. Iheard them say that they couldn’tkeep my heart rate up so they hadto wake me up! I had to go homeand get my nutrition up before Icould go back.



i everyone, my name isDottie. I arrived atIronwood about two

years ago. They said I was a stray.When I arrived it was clear to thepeople at Ironwood that I eitherhad a very large tumor inside ofme or I was pregnant. They saidthat I had to be spayed soon aftermy arrival to get it out. Thismeant taking a trip to my newdoctor. I went to the doctor andthey used a big machine on mybelly and said that they could seea tumor. I would need surgery butthey said my blood wasn’t goodenough for me to have surgeryyet. So I went back to Ironwoodto get healthy.

The tumor started to make mebleed so I had to have surgeryright away! I was taken back tothe doctor’s clinic. I stayed thenight and had surgery the nextday. They started by putting a bigmask on my face that made mesleepy. When I woke up I heardpeople say that the tumor was17lbs. I’m guessing that’s a lotbecause it was way easier to walkaround after they took it out.

It wasn’t long before I went backto my doctor. I was able to stayasleep this time so they couldwork on me. When I woke up Iwas sore but my lump was gone.Turns out it was a nasty abscessand not a tumor, so that was goodnews. I had to stay in a pen for alittle while at home before I couldgo back to my field and remindthe other pigs that I’m in charge.

Some time had passed and I hadmade my place in Spike’s Field. Iwas enjoying my time in the field,especially breakfast time. Someof the people that work here werestarting to look at my belly a lotagain and feeling it. There weremore lumps on my belly! Theyeven had my doctor come out tosee what was going on. My

people were instructed to monitorthe lumps and if they grew thatwould mean I would need to go tothe clinic. The time came when Ihad to go back in.

I stayed the night at the clinicagain and in the morning somenice people started giving meshots. They put the mask on meagain and I got tired and fell

HDottie’s Journey Through Surgeries

face. When I woke up this time Iwas sore again but ready to gohome. I was so relieved that noone said that they found anothertumor! I thought to myself “Thismust be my last surgery, phew.”

My recovery from this surgerywent well. I was in the recoverybarn for a few days then I wasmoved into the pens. One day Iheard Taryn say that I would getto go home to Spike’s soon. This

was such a relief. I haven’t beenin my field in forever. While Iwas in the pens I was a good girland stayed clean for as long as Icould. One day, though, I was outand saw mud so I took fulladvantage! Taryn found me andgave me a bath, but I liked that tooso I wasn’t mad. I only had towait a couple more days until Iwas free to get muddy and play inthe pools.

Being back home in Spike’s isnice. I didn’t have any troublegetting back into the swing ofthings. I heard someone waseating in my feeding pen while Iwas away but I get to eat in itagain now. I’m a little leery ofpeople looking at my belly nowbut I know if I need surgery againthat my people will take care ofme. ---Taryn

asleep. When I woke up I wasmore sore this time. I heard themsay that they removed twomammary tumors but I still hadtwo more that needed to beremoved. I had bled a lot duringthe surgery so they couldn’tremoved them all at once. Theyused sutures on me that my peoplewould need to remove and theyhad also said they inserted a drain.That sounded weird but I felt okayso I didn’t put up a stink.

I got to go home that night andsleep in the recovery barn. WhileI was recovering from my surgeryI got a lot of special treatment. Ithought I was doing well buteveryone was concerned that Iwasn’t pooping enough. Turnsout I wasn’t! I had to eat a lot ofpumpkin and receive medicationand fluids to help me. I finally gotsome relief and pooped enough tostop the medication. Soonenough it was time for me to goback to have my other tumors

removed.Here I was in the van again on myway to see my doctor. I amalways a good girl at my doctor’soffice and people tell me how cuteI am. They put the mask on myface again and I went to sleep. Ididn’t bleed as much this timeduring my surgery. I thought thismight have been the last time thatI would have to go through thisbut I overheard them say theyfound another tumor! Are youkidding me!? Will I ever get to goback to my field? So now I wouldhave to recover from this surgeryand then go back for another.This is crazy. All I could thinkabout to make myself feel better isthe fruit we pigs get at night whenwe are in the pens and recoveryareas.

My recovery from this surgerywasn’t as easy. Don’t get mewrong, I was pooping, but I wasdripping some blood for a coupleof days so I had to wear abandage. Once that was off I felta bit more comfortable. I also hadsome staples that needed to beremoved. My people had to flipme onto my back so that theycould get them all out.

So here I was recovering againand waiting for my next surgery. Ijust wanted to get it over with so Icould be done and go back toSpike’s. I was patient though, andtook full advantage of my airconditioned recovery barn.

Finally the time came for my lastsurgery. Back into the van I went.I got to see the mask one moretime as it was placed over my



try to bite me! As I read theirnewsletters and talked to Ben andMary and Donna, I learned thatpigs do much better if they have apig companion to hang with.Elvis had been raised without amother, had never been aroundother pigs, and I’m guessing hefelt like the proverbial square pegin a round hole. He didn’t knowwhere his place in the householdwas.

Well, I was desperate—I decidedto adopt a second pig from theSanctuary to see if it would helpElvis’ behavior and I decided togive it six weeks. If this plandidn’t work, I was going to haveto find another home for Elvis—he was just too big, too mean, tooloud and too demanding to livewith. I made a second trip toIronwood and they introduced meto a little black pig whom I namedJeffrey. Jeffrey is a sweettempered little guy who had onlybeen at the shelter a week or two.Mary instructed me how toslowly introduce the two pigsover a period of a couple ofweeks. At first Elvis HATEDhim—they chomped at each otherand their pig hair stood straight uplike Mohawks. After about a

get bit. If I tried to put himoutside, he would scream bloodymurder because he wanted backin. He was biting and attackingmy small dogs. I was at my witsend—he was terrorizing myhousehold and it felt constantlychaotic—I began to think I mighthave to rehome him. He was nowa big mean pig—almost 100pounds!

This past spring, while visitingmy Mom in Tucson, I wanted tovisit the Ironwood Pig Sanctuaryso I signed up for their facilitiestour. I was stunned! I could notbelieve how docile and friendlythe pigs were! Not once did one

got Elvis as a 3 pound pigletin January 2015—he was agift from my husband for our

wedding anniversary—I hadalways wanted one of those “cutetiny pigs” that supposedly madesuch great pets! Elvis was a“bottle baby”… his mother hadrejected the litter; Elvis was theonly one of his siblings tosurvive—the breeder raised himon formula; when he was 6 weeksold she sold him to us—$1500!!!Aghhhh!! The first few times Iheld him, he screamed and kicked

loudly and endlessly. He was avery vocal, uncuddly, “bratty”little guy, but since he was myfirst pig, I thought all pigs actedlike this. I researched pigbehavior and tried everythingsuggested to try and get him to befriendlier. As he got bigger, hebecame more and moreaggressive. I wasn’t afraid ofhim, but I had to hand out “pigshields” to friends who wouldcome into the house so they didn’t



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week, Elvis was still nipping atthe little pig but Jeffrey seemed tonot notice or care how much hewas disliked. After a couple ofweeks I noticed they would be inthe back yard grazing side byside. Then I found them bothsleeping in the same box at night.

Elvis has stopped screaming atme-he has another pig to fuss at.He will probably never be asfriendly as Jeffrey, but he is soooomuch easier to live with and Ilove them both! Elvis is the alphapig, but he acts like a crankyuncle to Jeffrey—he mutters andgrumbles, but then moves overand makes room for the little pigto lie next to him.

I thought my dogs would becompanion enough for Elvis, butnow that I see the two pigstogether I realize how lonely andconfused he was. I highly supportthe Ironwood Pig Sanctuary’spolicy of adopting only to homeswho already have a pig or plan toadopt a pair. I can honestly say,two pigs are easier than one—who knew?? ---Kim

onica works on site atthe sanctuary doing amultitude of office

work. Every week on the lastday of her workweek shesubstitutes her lunch break with apig break. Her first stop isCamelot, one of the hospiceareas. Monica likes to visit withthe elderly piggies and hand out afew treats. Then it’s off to theMain Field where she seeks outFlapjack and Max, two of her

favorites. Lots of other pigsknow she carries treats in herbag, so she ends up looking likethe Pied Piper with a trail of pigsbehind her. The next stop is inNorth Field where several pigscome to greet her. This is whereMonica’s ultimate favorite piglives. (It’s Dexter but she saysdon’t tell the others.) I think hegets a few extra treats when noone is looking.

Heading across the field to seethe young boys in the FratHouse, stopping to visit withNellie and Rosarita along theway is a must. These two oldgals have an area of their ownand appreciate Monica’s time.

The Frat boys are always excitedto see their friend coming withher bag of goodies. Once they allget their pets and treats Monicacrosses the fence to go intoSpecial Needs East and is alwaysgreeted by Wilbur (our cover boythis month), Herbie and Otis. Ifthere’s time left in her break,she’ll hop the fence into the backof North to find Hot Sauce,another on her list of faves. Thetrek back to the office cutsthrough East Field, so of courseshe has to stop and visit with thegroup that is almost alwayshanging out under their favoritetree.

Then it’s back to the computerand the paperwork. Monica’sweekly pig break is the best partof her week. She loves visitingwith the pigs and getting to spendtime with them. And they loveher too! Everyone needs a PigBreak every once in a while!

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come to us over the years,arrived at Ironwood inMay 2015. He came withOtis and Herbie whowere his companions inSonoita, AZ. When thefamily moved to Tucsonthey could no longer keeptheir pigs due to zoning.We of course said we

would take Otis and Herbie back since they wereadopted from us and Wilbur came along as a bonus.

Otis and Herbie were extremely obese whenthey arrived, but Wilbur was just on the chunky side.They all still live together in our Special Needs EastField. They are not old but extremely obese pigs donot do well in our larger fields. Wilbur, our bonus pigis happy to be with us and happy to have been able toremain with his two companions. They will all staywith us since they have had too many different homesalready in their short lives.

Herbie had first been adopted from us to adifferent family and then returned to us along withGwen, Zeus, and Titan when Herbie’s original familydivorced. Herbie was later adopted a second timealong with Otis to the family in Sonoita.

Otis was one of several babies that came fromthe Humane Society in Yuma in February 2009.

We don’t know Wilbur’s background becausethe family got him from someone else. But they musthave cared for him because he is very sweet andloveable. Of the three boys he is definitely thefriendliest.

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ecil is a very quiet boy who came to us inJuly of 2013 when he was four years old.He and his companion Joey were both

released to us when their owners were moving fromtheir home. Joey is large and quite pushy so one cansee why Cecil sort of took the back seat. He hasmade his way into our Princess Field and is quitecomfortable there. He was very shy for a long timeafter coming here, but over the past year Cecil hasdecided that he enjoys being petted and getting backrubs from people he is comfortable with. He andJoey chose to settle down in the back section of theirfield and share that territory with several other pigs.Cecil still likes to have some quiet time to himselfand can often be found napping alone under afavorite creosote bush. He always enjoys thewallows and pools on hot summer days.

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MISSION STATEMENTThe Ironwood Pig Sanctuary is dedicated to eliminating the suffering of pot-bellied pigs by

promoting spaying and neutering, assisting owners and other sanctuaries, and providing apermanent home in a safe, nurturing environment for those that are abandoned, abused,

neglected, or unwanted.

* Ironwood Pig Sanctuary is accredited by the American Sanctuary Association.* The Ironwood Pig Sanctuary is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and

your donations are tax deductible.



In memory of Wilbur(Willy) Gonzales whopassed away peacefully on May 7th, 2016.With our help he moved with his familyseveral times over the years until February ofthis year when he was unable to go withthem. He is greatly missed by his family andthey miss coming here to visit him \and hiscompanions.

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