Truffles & Rudy
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Erin Williams
Erin Williams has been
active in animal protection for more than a dozen years. Her concern
for animals was sparked as a result of spending much of her childhood
on her family’s dairy farm in rural Illinois. She has worked or
volunteered for a number of animal protection and environmental
organizations, from small student groups to international nonprofits. She founded an environmental nonprofit focusing on factory farm issues,
and she has taught numerous classes and workshops focusing on animal
protection, the environment, and social justice. Erin is a UC Berkeley
graduate and has a master of nonprofit administration. She lives in Silver Spring, Md., with her fiancée and works for The Humane Society of the United States.By Erin Williams
Published on 07/16/2008
Truffles and Rudy have been inseparable since they both arrived at Farm
Sanctuary as young piglets in September 2005. Both piglets had fallen
out of two different transport trucks in Indiana on their way to
“finishing” farms, where they would be fattened for a few months and
shipped to slaughter – likely destined to become holiday hams.
Truffles and Rudy have been inseparable since they both arrived at Farm Sanctuary as young piglets in September 2005. Both piglets had fallen out of two different transport trucks in Indiana on their way to “finishing” farms, where they would be fattened for a few months and shipped to slaughter – likely destined to become holiday hams.
Truffles was a very young piglet when she fell off a truck on Indiana’s Interstate 69, injuring herself as she hit the pavement. Fortunately, a brave and compassionate woman witnessed Truffles’ fall, and she pulled over, ran across heavy traffic, and carried her back to the car. The exhausted, bloody piglet fell asleep as soon as she lay down on a blanket in the backseat. Farm Sanctuary member Diane Evans agreed to foster Truffles until she could be transported to the organization’s New York shelter.
Only a few days later, a kindhearted trucker found Rudy near an Interstate 74 truck stop in Indiana and brought him to an animal shelter near Indianapolis. Although animal control officers originally made arrangements to send Rudy to a farmer who would raise him for food, the farmer missed the deadline to pick him up. Farm Sanctuary was able to intervene, and volunteers brought the lucky piglet who had escaped slaughter twice to Diane Evans’ home.
Here, Truffles and Rudy met for the first time, and by the time the two piglets arrived at Farm Sanctuary, they were already bonded. Now the growing piglets rarely leave each other’s side, and they enjoy days filled with playing in their mud bath, watching the other animals at the sanctuary, and reveling in attention. While most factory-farmed pigs live only six months before being sent to slaughter, Truffles and Rudy can look forward to spending the rest of their lives – perhaps more than ten years – happy, safe and loved.
Excerpt reprinted with permission from the book, "Why Animals Matter"
Truffles was a very young piglet when she fell off a truck on Indiana’s Interstate 69, injuring herself as she hit the pavement. Fortunately, a brave and compassionate woman witnessed Truffles’ fall, and she pulled over, ran across heavy traffic, and carried her back to the car. The exhausted, bloody piglet fell asleep as soon as she lay down on a blanket in the backseat. Farm Sanctuary member Diane Evans agreed to foster Truffles until she could be transported to the organization’s New York shelter.
Only a few days later, a kindhearted trucker found Rudy near an Interstate 74 truck stop in Indiana and brought him to an animal shelter near Indianapolis. Although animal control officers originally made arrangements to send Rudy to a farmer who would raise him for food, the farmer missed the deadline to pick him up. Farm Sanctuary was able to intervene, and volunteers brought the lucky piglet who had escaped slaughter twice to Diane Evans’ home.
Here, Truffles and Rudy met for the first time, and by the time the two piglets arrived at Farm Sanctuary, they were already bonded. Now the growing piglets rarely leave each other’s side, and they enjoy days filled with playing in their mud bath, watching the other animals at the sanctuary, and reveling in attention. While most factory-farmed pigs live only six months before being sent to slaughter, Truffles and Rudy can look forward to spending the rest of their lives – perhaps more than ten years – happy, safe and loved.
Excerpt reprinted with permission from the book, "Why Animals Matter"