IN THE NEWS

Recently we had an Open House / Fundraiser on the 18th of Oct. 2008. Even thought the turnout was not as high as expected we had a lot of nice things happen. With every bottle of bleach, blankets or cans of vegetables a raffle tickets was given. Twenty bottles of bleach would bring 20 raffle tickets and so on. Lots of bleach, blankets and cans of veggies plus allot more ......including fresh veggies were brought by the wagon full.

We have a new medical building Click Here to see pictures. The building was purchased and donated by the Muth family along with a portable air conditioner. It will be used for recovering spays and other minor surgeries. The Muth's and volunteers, with the expert help of my son, finished the inside with insulation and wall board. My son completed the installation of cabinets. We are so grateful for the kindness presented by the Muth family in memory of their loved pet pig Brin.

We also have had a Bair Hugger donated and it keeps the animals body temperature up after surgeries. During surgeries, even on warm water beds, because of the length of surgery and anesthesia animals temperatures drop and the Bair Hugger will bring the temps back to normal The medical building has everything we need as far as medical supplies, also donated by the Muth family, to take care of emergencies and after care. It is a clean dust free environment with stalls, a sink, cabinets to keep equipment and supplies clean and sterile. The floor has been coated so if an animal has a urine accident it will not soak into the floor and can be cleaned. We have a A C unit with humidifier and heat lamps. The walls are completely washable surface. So, good things have happened to us this year. Allot of wonderful people have stepped forward to help.

A friend of mine had a great idea. She sent out letters to about 32 nursery people asking for one fruit tree to plant here at the sanctuary. Today we received our first call and Audrey went and picked up a beautiful Orange tree and about 8 Banana trees. This will enable all the pigs to have fruit. We received the above trees from Mark at Landmark Nursery in Tarpon Springs. Thank you so much Mark for helping our pigs.

Lynne