Marsha
In 2019 we were contacted by a rescue partner in South Jersey about four piglets who had been left to die in a box outside of an auction house. The box was labeled “discarded runts” and the four piglets were considered garbage. Thankfully an activist was able to bring them to Rancho Relaxo and they reached out to us about taking in two of the four.
On June 1st we picked up Marsha and Harvey – Marsha is named after Black queer liberation activist and prominent figure in the Stonewall riot of 1969, Marsha P. Johnson. Harvey was named after Harvey Milk, activist and the first openly-gay elected official in California. Since we rescued them on the first day of PRIDE month, we wanted to name them in honor of the revolutionary efforts of these activists in the LGBTQIA+ movement. Soon after coming home to Woodstock Sanctuary, both Marsha and Harvey’s personalities began to show. While Harvey was more of a social pig, Marsha is independent, very smart, and interested in her surroundings.
We are so glad we could step in and help these two sweethearts – we met them when they were so small they could fit in our hands. Unfortunately, her friend Harvey passed in September of 2020 from sudden medical complications. We miss him so much, but thankfully Marsha still has other pigs to bond with, like Ari. They will often be seen sun soaking together outside in their pasture.