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IRONWOOD IRONWOOD ISSUE NO. 18 PIG SANCTUARY NOVEMBER 2006 Corgie

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IRONWOODIRONWOODISSUENO. 18

PIG SANCTUARY

NOVEMBER2006

Corgie

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Ironwood Pig Sanctuary34656 E. Crystal Visions Road

Marana, AZ 85653November 1, 2006

Dear Supporter,

I come to you this holiday season with a wish for peace and health toyou, your family and your companion animals. I want to sincerely thankyou for your continued support throughout the year and for making itpossible for all of us here at Ironwood to continue to save unwantedpigs, one by one. Our work is not possible without your help. I knowthe decisions are often difficult because there are thousands oforganizations throughout the country with causes, all in need ofassistance. That is why we think you are so special because you havechosen to help our pigs, and we think they are so deserving.

This has been a very difficult quarter for Ben and I. Never beforesince we opened have we been faced with so many calls in so short atime for unwanted pigs. Like you, our decisions are difficult also,because we cannot take them all and we try to save the ones whose livesare in immediate danger, like Francis in the adjacent article. Thesecalls take their toll on me emotionally. We are a rescue and sanctuaryand our soul purpose is to help the pigs in need of assistance in thecommunity and state. I agonize over each call knowing that one moretime I have to make the decision if he or she can come to us and if notwhat will the fate of this innocent life be. The callers have no ideahow difficult this is and sometimes they are desperate themselves tofind a home for a pig they may love. Other times they are insensitiveand irresponsible and I would like to hang the phone up on them, but Iknow that would put the life of their pig in jeopardy.

So I come to you this holiday season to thank you not only from ourpigs but from myself as well. If your donation makes it possible forme to build another field or hire another staff member, then when thephone rings because a baby was found at a construction site and itsmother was shot dead, as recentlyhappened, I can say yes we will takethat baby from you and thank you forcalling and caring.

Sincerely,

Mary Schanz

PS Thank you for caring and have a veryHappy, Healthy Holiday Season.

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The Burden Growshis is our little Francis.He came to us onAugust 28th of this

year. He was an unneuteredlean male. The owner thoughtthat he was a three-year-oldobese female. He is very shy,but he has learned to taketreats from my hand if I movevery slowly. He had lived in hisprevious home for three years,but the man did not know hissex, never touched him, andhe was in a small confinedpen. He was not starved nordo I believe he was physicallyabused. However when theman called me, he told me hewas “getting rid of his pig” andif he couldn’t “get rid of it” hewas going to send it to berendered. I suppose thatmeans he would give “it” to thelivestock board and they wouldtake him to the livestockauction to be sold forslaughter. I passed thisinformation on to my husbandto make the arrangements topick Francis up because Inever wanted to talk with thatman again.

This is one pig that we wereable to save, but since we tookFrancis we have had calls for59 more pigs during the monthof September and the first fewdays of October. Twenty ofthese pigs were from theArizona Humane Society froma cruelty seizure. The goodnews is this is one more back

yard breeder who is shutdown, but the sows werenearly starved to death andnow there are 20 more pigsthat need a home in addition toall the other calls we havetaken recently. Thanks toSioux from Pig-A-Sus in CO,most of the babies will beplaced in new homes. We canonly take a small fraction of therecent pigs that need a home.

I have put out an alert acrossthe country for anyone who isable to assist in finding homesfor some of them. I have hade-mails from people as faraway as Texas and am able toplace a few of them but not all.It is a huge burden to get callsevery day from people from allaround the state who want usto take their pig or pigs and wehave to make the harddecision about who can besaved and who cannot. We

thought we were makinginroads on the pig population,but this past month has shownus that the problem still loomshuge. We pride ourselves inbeing a no kill shelter, butevery time we have to turn apig away that needs a home,we are afraid that we arecondemning it to death.Please help. Don’t buyanimals, adopt them. Don’t

breed animals, adopt them.Don’t get an animal you can’ttake with you when you moveor get divorced. Please helpus with a donation so we canprovide a home for more ofthese pigs in need of a homeor for help with outreachprojects that help us get themin to their own personal home.

--- Mary

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Mary Francis

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he sweet little hoglets you saw pictures of inthe last newsletter are growing like weedsand getting into everything. They are fast,

full of energy, inquisitive, friendly, and pushy. Theyhave been running loose around the property formore than three months now and greet everyonewho comes for a visit. But they are starting to get inthe way of our daily routine and it will soon be timeto move them to our new large field along with theYucatans. Even though we try to only rescue potbellied pigs, we have accepted that these hogletswill stay with us as they grow into 500-poundanimals, and I do appreciate all of you who wrotewith suggestions. Like us, the farm sanctuaries arefull as well, and since these babies are clearly in nodanger of being harmed, the farm sanctuaries willreserve their precious space for those animals whoselives are in danger. I think this picture says athousand words when it comes to how these “kids”feel about being here with us. The tragic loss oftheir mother saved their lives.

Our Babies are Growing UpT

Buttercup Crawls Onto Tim’s Lap While Mojo Jojo, Blossom And

Bubbles Take a Break

VOTE YES ON PROPOSITION 204in ARIZONA

Millions of hogs across this nation, not unlike theones pictured above, are raised in unspeakableconditions prior to slaughtering for food. Havingseen these hoglets grow up and run and play indelight, I know it is unbearable for other intelligentcreatures like them to live in the horrible cramped

conditions in which they are forced to live.Proposition 204 is a very modest change in the lawthat would require room for veal calves andpregnant sows to turn around, lie down, and extendtheir limbs. Right now the industry standard is atwo-foot-wide gestation crate for pregnant sows.Take a few moments to think about what life wouldbe like in their world.

Vote Yes on Prop 204

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COVER

Corgie came to us with his friend Cheesecake from ChinoValley, AZ. Neighbors had been taking care of them and manyother animals left behind after the owner had passed awayleaving all the animals with an 85-year-old woman who wasunable to care for them. Lucky for these two shy but sweetpigs, the neighbors cared enough to take care of them and findthem a home. Corgie is without a doubt one of the moststriking pigs I have ever seen. His eyes are large and beautifuland he looks straight at you. He is neutered and ready to goto a new home, but he could only go with his friendCheesecake.

all it fate, call it coincidence, call itdestiny, but this is a story that makesyou wonder. One day my husband Ben

received a call from one of our supporters whowanted to talk with him aboutgiving the sanctuary someexposure on his business website by placing pictures of pigsthere. During the conversationBen asked the caller if he wouldlike to sponsor a pig. The manasked if we had a pig namedHomer. Ben said we did not butwe would name one after himand he could sponsor him. Onthe same day the ArizonaHumane Society brought a malepig to us that they had picked upas a stray. They gave me thepaperwork that I did not look atthat evening. When we returned home fromthe sanctuary that evening, I asked Ben tocheck the name of the man who had calledearlier that day so we could name our new pigafter the caller. The man’s name was HOMER

so we were going to name our new pig Homer.The next morning I picked up the paperworkfrom the Humane Society and was shocked tosee on the paperwork the pig had been named

HOMER while staying at the Humane Society!!!I have included a picture of Homer and thepaperwork from the Humane Society. What arethe chances of that?

Unbelievable True StoryC

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am very sorry to inform you that theIronwood Pig Sanctuary open house hasbeen cancelled for this year due to all the

other work that we have to do. We have receivedmany calls to rescue pigs, much more thannormal. We have our new field development andour winterizing to complete. At this time we justcan’t add anymore to our plate. I hope you allunderstand. And don’t forget that we do haveindividual tours throughout the year just in caseyou want to see the sanctuary. Make sure thatyou plan ahead and schedule your visit so that wecan make sure that Mary is available that day togive you a tour. We are very sorry for anyinconvenience this may have caused you.

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including “Pedro” the Miracle Goat, who has quitethe story as well. Shelby can be contacted [email protected] or through her website ifyou are interested in a tshirt, some goat’s milk soap,or just to help the farm or meet the critters.

www.hoofsnhorns.comhttp://www.hoofsnhorns.com/Tshirts.html

IOpen House Cancelled

ome of our pigs just might become famous...You may remember last summer, Goat rescuerShelby Brawley of HoofsnHorns Farm helped

us get eight very sunburned and frightened piggies(including a couple of their goat friends) out of a soonto be fatal situation in Scottsdale. Well, to date two ofthe piggies have been adopted, but the remaining sixwill stay at Shelby’s farm as their forever home.

Shelby and her mother, Sidney, have a goat rescuefarm in the Picture Rocks area. For the past six years,they have taken in many abandoned, injured and someretired (considered “useless”) goats, whom for manydifferent reasons were in need of a loving and safeforever home. Home to many goats and now severalrescued piggies, including our Scottsdale six, the farmhas been in need of some assistance. Hence... ourlittle herd of pigs have now found their faces, orsnouts, rather on T-shirts! These Tshirts are beingsold through their website at www.hoofsnhorns.comto generate funds for the farm. There are shirts withgoats, cows and of course, more pigs on them. Pleasevisit their site and meet many of their residents,

HoofsnHorns FarmS

Rescued Goat And Deer

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irst of all I would like tothank the staff at Ironwoodand our Annex who have

made it through this long, hotsummer. As I type this letter it isOct. and still 100 degrees today.It is no easy task to work outsidefor 10 hours a day when it is 100plus degrees in the shade. Trustme, I know.

We are beautifying Ironwoodthanks to Mountain StatesWholesale Nursery in LitchfieldPark. Thanks to Tina, one of ourstaff, who made the contact. Theydonated 40 Honey Mesquite treesand thirty other beautiful desertplants and they delivered themwithout any cost to us. This hasbeen a huge savings to Ironwoodand we have long wanted to getsome trees for the fields andaround the property. Once thetime came to plant the trees,Donna and Justin offered to helpby bringing in a large backhoefrom Justin’s work and that waswhat made it work. John and

Francie, Holly, and Bob came alsoto help get them in the ground.We still have about twenty moretrees to plant, but by Open Housethey should all be in.

Eegee’s put donation boxesin all their stores for usagain this year for one fullmonth and they collected atotal of $1038.40!!!Thanks to everyone whodropped their extra changein the boxes for us and toeegee’s for their support.We didn’t even have to doa thing and that is greatconsidering all we have todo.

We would also like to thank St.Mary’s Veterinary Hospital fordonating boxes of medicalsupplies and Lorin for comingtwice, loaded with wood, andwithin a few short hours hadporches and stairs for two of ourbuildings. Herb has continued tocollect blankets for us all year and

we really will need themsoon, we hope. Willycontinues to bring fruits andveggies to those lucky pigs atthe Annex and Community301 folks continue to stuffenvelopes into ournewsletters. Bob shows uphere on Wednesday withboxes of produce and isalways ready to rake or helpwhere he is needed as well as

with other of our outreachprojects.

We recently built our new PhaseIV assisted living field and John,Bob, and Cindy helped uscomplete it so we could get ourpigs moved in. The pigs love it!

Barbara, Jeannie, Donna S., andAnne help me to thank all of youwho are so kind to donate to ourpigs. None of this would bepossible without the help of all ofyou. Feed, hay, medical, staff,fuel, insurance, materials are allexpensive and there is absolutelyno way we could do this alone.The lives of these animals dependon us doing our part and upon youhelping us to do our part. Thankyou.

A final thank you to Jeannie whohad taken over our sponsorprogram and did so muchorganizing for us. Due topersonal reasons she has had toquit and I have taken the programover. Please bear with me while Itry to catch up.

---Mary

Thank Yous Abound!F

Justin & Donna Move TwoTrees While Ben Looks On

Pigs in The Main Field CheckOut Three of The New Trees

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Mr T-Bone

Piggy

Arnold

Bradley

Corgie

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Chester

SPONSOR ONE OF OUR SWEET PIGS!

All of these pigs need a sponsor! These are allloving animals that miss their homes and

would love to have a sponsor. Their friendsare sponsored and they wonder why they arenot. I will send you updates and pictures of

your selected pig throughout your sponsorship.A contribution of $30 a month will cover all

your pig’s expenses including food and healthcare. Listed are just a few of the pigs needing

parents. Choose one of them or send me adescription (male, female, young, old, specialneeds, etc.) and I’ll send you a picture with

background information.

Thank you for making a difference!Mary

Ferdy

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Walter Riley

ErmaWilbur & Pinky

SpikeMarvin

BrunoChester

Rosie

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can’t count the number oftimes I’ve heard about a pigthat died of a “heart attack”

while being transported. Bob,Mary, the staff at Ironwood, and Ihave transported over 700 potbellied pigs in the seven years wehave been involved with pigs,originally volunteering atPigs*A*Lot, which is now ourAnnex, and later with theIronwood Pig Sanctuary. Wehave transported young pigs, 16-year-old pigs, obese pigs,neutered males, pregnant females,boars and malnourished pigs. Youname it and we have transportedit.

In all this time and with all thesetransportations we have not lostany pig. Not to a “heart attack” orotherwise.

The secret is using the propermethods of transportation toensure the health and survival ofthe pig being transported.

I recall a particularly badtransportation case where a well-meaning couple had convinced aneighbor to give up their pigbecause they felt that it was notbeing properly cared for. Theywere bringing it to the sanctuaryso we could take care of her.They arrived with the mediumsized female in a carrier so smallthat she was jammed into thecarrier and could not move. Tocompound the situation, theybrought her in the back of a

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I pickup truck on a hot Arizona day.Upon her arrival I hurried to gether out of the sun into a pen whereshe would have water shade andshelter. I opened the crate to lether out and she just lay there onthe cool ground. She was terriblyhot and distressed. I poured coolwater on her and she lay there forover an hour slowly recovering. Iam happy to report that today sheis doing great and is a happysponsored pig.

Here are the recommendations wethink are important to ensure thesafe arrival of your special pigduring transportation.

Secure Your Pig:It is important to always use acarrier to transport your pig. This

will ensure their safety fromsudden stops or turns. It will alsobe easier for you to put your pig in

the vehicle for transportation andwill allow you to deliver themsafely to their destination. Thelast thing you want is a scared pigrunning around in the street whileyou try and get them into a backyard. We find that most pigs willurinate and defecate in the carrierduring transportation, so thecarrier will also protect yourvehicle from being soiled. Wealways put a carpet in the carrierto absorb any liquids andminimize your pig from gettingdirty. Never put an unprotectedpig in the back of a pickup. Theycan get hurt due to sudden stopsor turns and they may even jumpout if scared enough.

The size of the carrier should beselected with the pig in mind.

You shouldalways use thelargest carrieravailable so thatthe pig can turnaround and laydown. Size ofthe pig is ani m p o r t a n tconsideration,but the final sizeof the carriershould bedetermined bythe age andweight of thepig. Forexample, where

the size of your carrier is smallerthan you would like, a healthy andnot overweight pig can go into a

Transporting Your Pig

Ben And Tim With Two New Arrivals

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smaller carrier more safely thanan obese pig. This is because thehealthy and not overweight pigcan sit on its haunches andsupport its front with its legs andfit into a smaller carrier. On theother hand, an old or obese pigcannot support itself and must liedown. If it doesn’t have enoughspace it may suffocate. A pig thatis lying down needs a muchlonger carrier. Unfortunately theydon’t have special carriers forpigs which would be a littlelonger than dog carriers.

Reinforce Your Carrier:Carriers made for dogs, which weuse to transport all of our pigs, aregenerally not strong enough fortransporting pigs. We find thatthe carrier itself is almost alwayssufficient but the gate is notstrong enough to contain a pigtrying to get out. Pigs are verystrong and can lift the gate out ofthe holes in the plastic carrier.When transporting pigs we drillholes in the plastic carrier neareach pin and pivot point of thegate top and bottom and halfwaydown the sides of the gate. Weinsert 50# rated plastic tiesthrough these holes and aroundthe bars of the gate in order tosecure the plastic carrier againstthe gate.

Plan Ahead:We use a dolly to transport ourpigs. Quite often we are pickingup a pig in a backyard that isremote from vehicle access. It isvery difficult for two people tocarry a 150# pig, or even a 100#pig any distance in a carrier. We

use a 4-wheeled dolly and loadthe pig on the dolly fortransportation to and from ourvehicle. We also set the handle ofthe dolly on the entrance to therear of the vehicle and two peoplecan slide the carrier up into thevehicle. This works well for alarge pig. We also use a plasticbed liner for our van so that it iseasier to slide in a carrier.

Temperature:Since we have received ourdonated Astro Van we nevertransport a pig in an open vehiclein any kind of weather. It is veryhot in Arizona during the summerand we do not recommend thatany animal be in a carrier exposedto the summer sun and heat. Evenin states other than Arizona thesun can be very hot even thoughthe outside air temperature ismoderate. Before receiving ourvan we had carried pigs in carriersin a trailer, in the back of a pickuptruck, and in the back of a pickupwith a shell, but only during mildweather. Before our Astro Van wewould rent a cargo van totransport pigs during hot orotherwise inclement weather.

During hot weather whiletransporting pigs in our Astro Vanwe make sure that the airconditioning is set to the highestairflow and coolest temperature.We do NOT set the airconditioning to the Max Airposition because this positioncirculates air in the passengercompartment only and doesn’tallow air to flow through thevehicle. Most vehicles allow you

to select “circulate” or “flowthrough” for the air conditioning.Always select “flow through” andat the maximum flow for thehotter days.

I always check the back of the vanperiodically on hot days to makesure that the temperature iscomfortable for the pigs.

Safety:I always make sure that I havecutters for the ties securing thegates on the carriers so that if apig is having a problem I can getto them in a hurry. We alsoALWAYS carry 5 gallons of waterin the van so that if a breakdownoccurs we have water to keep thepigs cool. We will dump thewater into the carriers and splashit on the pigs in an emergency.Pigs do not sweat. Their onlymethod of cooling off is byevaporating water.

Follow the advice in this articleand avoid giving your special piga “heart attack”. --- Ben

Sweet Dreams Collie

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ronwood recently com-pleted a new 6-acre fieldadjacent to our existing

fields. This field will be usedfor new arrivals. The primarymotivation was to have a placewhere the Annex pigs couldcome if it was necessary tomove them from their locationin Avra Valley in the TwinPeaks area.

The field required 1,500 feet ofhigh-strength chain linkinstalled by the sanctuary with

some outside help. The newfield was just put touse recently with thecreation of a newAssisted LivingPhase IV field withinits boundaries thateleven pigs now callhome. The Phase IVfield was created bypartitioning off anarea in the new fieldwith hog panels,

installing a completewatering system,putting up shaderamadas, buildingenough shelters withfloors for the rainyweather and settingup the feeding station.The pigs have nowmoved in and aremaking new buddies.Wilma will never beattacked by a pit bull again.Big Porky, an only pig until hewas 16 1/2 years old, has

been seen lying in theshade with Piggy, 11,who was also an onlypig until recently. Nowthatthey have their ownpermanent home theydon’t have to beshuttled back and forthfrom their pens to theexercise yard. Theywill pick out their own

shelter and when thecold weather sets inthey will be cozy and

ready for it.

INew Expansion Field

Assisted Living Phase IV - Partof the New Expansion Field

Wilma Found a Nice Spot

Piggy at Her New Phase IV Home

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Care For Your Pig

Hoof & TuskTrimming

Pig owners in the Tucson,Phoenix and surrounding areascan contact Donna Norton for

tusk and hoof trimming. Donnais an experienced trimmer, havinglived onsite at Ironwood for over

four years. Donna and herhusband, Justin, provide weekendhouse calls for pig and goat trims.

Please call 520-682-4686 or e-mail at

[email protected] to setup an appointment.

Donna TrimmingNavajo, One of Her Pigs

igs are a lot different fromcats and dogs. Not only isit harder to transport them

for medical care, it is hard to finda veterinarian that will work withpigs, and the needs of pigs aredifferent from cats and dogs.

Veterinarians that work with pigsare very limited in Tucson andPhoenix. Some will make a housecall and others won’t.

In Tucson we have Dr. Page andDr. Staten at the Adobe Veterinary

Center (520-546-8387) who willcome to your home to treat yourpig, Dr. Curtis at the EastsideSpay and Neuter Clinic (520-731-1714) who offers low-cost spaysand neuters for your pigs, dogs,and cats at her clinic and Dr.Brambert at the 7727 E BroadwayPetSmart (520-722-0410) willtreat pigs at their clinic.

In Phoenix there are Dr. Harris(602-494-9669) and Dr. Driggers(480-706-8478) who will bothmake house calls to treat your pig.For pig hoof and tusk trimmingand goat hoof trimming in

Phoenix and Tucson andsurrounding areas you can contactDonna Norton (520-682-4686).Donna also makes twice-a-yeartrips to Las Vegas for trimming.For Southern California you cancall Kelly Moon (626) 419-6597for hoof and tusk trimming.Contact Marcie Christianson [email protected] for a list ofvets.

Over the years we have includedarticles in our newsletter that willhelp you to give the proper care

for your pig. Below is acompilation of those articles.Instead of repeating any of theinformation, I will provideyou an index to the issuewhere the article appeared.Our new web site that will beup and running by the timeyou read this includes pdffiles of all of our newslettersso that you will be able torefer to any issue that has an

article you are interested in.

August 2006 - “The Needs ofYour Pig” - Page 12 & 13 Whatyou should provide for your pig inyour yard.

May 2006 - “Trimming YourPig’s Hooves” - Page 11Importance of hoof trimming.

February 2006 - “What’s KillingYour Pig” - Page 14 Arthritislimits the life of your pig.

May 2005 - “Should Female Pigsbe Spayed” - Page 10 Howspaying increases the life of your

female pig.

February 2004 - “How to Handlean Aggressive Pig” - Page 11Here’s help if your pig becomesaggressive.

August 2003 - “Trimming Time” -Page 13 Advice on hoof trimming.

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New Incentives on Donationsongress recently approved important taxchanges as part of long-awaitedlegislation to overhaul pension laws.

Charitable organizations have been waiting foryears for lawmakers to approve the provisionallowing direct, tax-free charitable distributionsfrom IRAs to charities. Under the newlegislation, taxpayers who are 70 1/2 or older

typically get an exclusion from their grossincome for otherwise taxable distributions of upto $100,000 from an IRA, which are paiddirectly to a qualified charity. Any amountdonated to charity this way is taken into accountfor purposes of your minimum distributionrequirement for the year.

Before making any distributions please consultwith your tax adviser.

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Ways to Support Your Sanctuary

We acceptdonations with thefollowing creditcards for yourconvenience.

Use Your Credit or Debit Card to Make aMonthly Donation

Please Consider Putting the Sanctuary In Your WillYour support makes it possible for us to give a loving home to the 450 Pot Bellied Pigsin our care and is very much appreciated. Consider putting the Ironwood Pig Sanctuaryin your WILL so that your support can continue after you are gone. We can acceptappreciated stock, real estate, or other assets. Please check with your financial adviser.

Almost every day the sanctuary receives calls about pigsneeding our help and we must always ask the question, “wherewill the money come from to help this one?” The answer is:from people like you who care and want to make a difference.

By joining as a sanctuary sustainer, a monthly contribution, beit $5, $10, $25 or $100, will be charged to your credit card. Theamount, which is determined by you, will be there each monthto care for the animals. To sign up, just fill out the form on theenclosed reply envelope and indicate your monthlycontribution.

Thank You for caring.

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MISSION STATEMENTThe Ironwood Pig Sanctuary is dedicated to eliminating the suffering of potbellied pigs by promoting spaying and neutering, assisting owners and other

sanctuaries, and providing a permanent home in a safe, nurturing environment forthose that are abandoned, abused, neglected, or unwanted.

Ironwood Pig Sanctuary is accredited by the American Sanctuary Association.

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For the last two issues I have included anarticle about protecting your pig from theheat. Well it is still hot here in Arizona as I

write this article. The temperatures this week are inthe high 90’s. But other parts of the country havehad snow and bitter cold weather at night. By theend of October it is going to be cold at night here inArizona. We will have all of our wintering in placeby then. We use Bermuda grass for bedding alongwith blankets we have collected over the year. Weput carpet doors on the shelters to keep out the coldwind.I remember a sad story of a pig in the higherelevations of Arizona that one morning was so coldthat she could not move. The owners threw in somehay and as far as they were concerned that solvedthe problem. Her shelter was open to the elementsand that poor pig was still cold at night but not socold she couldn’t move. Just think how she would

have liked a nice snuggly blanket and protectionfrom the cold wind.

Make sure all your special critters have a cozy warmshelter this winter. Just think what it would be likeif you had to spend the night in their shelter.

It’s Cold Out There!F

Spike

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