We’re Paddy's Pasture

Frank is a wild man. Full of personality and not shy when it comes to telling you how he feels. He likes to act tough, but really he's a sweet guy that doesn't like to show his softer side. Frank came to us in 2019, along with his brother Charlie, and is one of the founding residents of Paddy's. 

Charlie is the opposite of Frank. He is sweet and affectionate and loves attention. Charlie is the other founding resident of Paddy's. He and Frank both came to us as piglets. Their mother was found wandering roadside in West Virginia and was taken in by Good Samaritans who found her refuge at a local cat rescue. Unbeknownst to her rescuers, she was heavily pregnant and shortly after finding safety, she delivered her litter.

The big guy.

Mac was originally rescued when he was found listed on a classifieds site as potential 4th of July BBQ at six months old. He was saved from a cruel fate and given sanctuary for several years at a rescue in North Carolina. When COVID hit, many rescues nationwide suffered greatly, with countless having to shut down. Mac's rescue was one of those. We saw an SOS on social media, saw his face, and just couldn't turn him away. 

Mac is an imposing figure at a whopping half ton, but he is a gentle giant. We often compare him to a thousand pound cat.

We were contacted about Carmen in July 2020. His story and pictures were heartbreaking. A backyard butcher in North Carolina had raised him to slaughter, and decided to castrate him at six months old. After a horrifically botched DIY neuter, Carmen was left lame, unable to move, let alone stand or walk. Infection set in and he was refused any veterinary care or antibiotics- in hopes that he would magically recover- so he could still be deemed edible. Thankfully, the farmer's daughter reached out for help and the farmer agreed to surrender. Today, Carmen is a completely different pig. He runs and plays and loves hard. All that is left of his past life are the scars.

One afternoon we were alerted to a little farm piglet who had been picked up by Richmond Animal Care and Control. He had been spotted loose in the city and a caring citizen kept him safe and made the call that led him to us. Dennis was appx 4-6 weeks old when he arrived here. Shortly after his rescue we received a message from the person who had found him, telling us people in the area had seen him in the weeks prior, locked in a dog crate in someone's backyard. We don't know if he was let loose or if he busted out- but we are so thankful that we got to show him the good life as early on as possible.

Artemis was purchased from a breeder and was an indoor/outdoor pig for the first almost year of her life. Unfortunately, her humans separated, and her primary caretaker moved out, leaving her behind. Her remaining human no longer wanted to deal with Artemis and was about to set her loose in the woods, when someone stepped in and offered her the safety of foster. This lovely human reached out to Eastern Snouts and they got to work looking for a forever home. Artemis was just a few towns away so we felt like it was a sign. After a quarantine, full vetting including spay, and being introduced to other pigs for the first time- she has really come out of her shell. This girl is a diva and is not afraid to show the boys that she is the queen of the little pigs.