Residents

In November of 2022, we received notice that a pig was wandering our town, rooting up gardens. With the help of our wonderful ACO, we arrived at a house with our horse trailer, prepared to catch a large pig. Instead…

Sir Grummore came to us with Lilac and Benedick, though all of them lived in separate pens and had never met. Sir Grummore is a sad example of what happens to many “mini pigs:” he was being fed to death.…

Benedick came to us with Lilac and Sir Grummore, though they had never shared a pen or even met. We’re not sure of his age but we are sure that he’s less than two years old. He was very shy…

Hermia started life as the pet of a person who left her to fend for herself when he moved house in pursuit of reality television fame. Luckily, kind neighbors found her grazing with their horses, and she lived the life…

Flavia and her sister Phryne spent their entire lives together, though they weren’t always able to see each other. Adopted by a well-meaning owner as babies, they lived as indoor pets until they grew bigger than their adopter had expected.…

Lilac arrived at Darrowby in September of 2022, with Benedick and Sir Grummore Grummersum, although they had never shared a pen on their former property or even met. Lilac is our largest girl at easily 800 pounds, but like Miss…

In August of 2022, Andy was at the DMV, and he happened to be wearing his “Compassion” pig t-shirt from Farm Sanctuary. A woman on her way in saw his shirt and asked him if he had pigs, and he…

Hector is a mystery pig; he was dumped as a piglet in September 2023. Dumping animals is illegal, but it doesn’t stop people from doing it. Hector clearly had positive interactions with humans before arriving at Darrowby; he immediately flopped…

Harriet was another piglet who came to us out of the blue. Summer is usually a heavy piglet time, as people either “win” piglets they’re not equipped to handle at inhumane pig scrambles, buy piglets they can’t keep confined and…