December 2005

Chester the pig recovers and is up walking. Pilgrim comes home and will be in recovery for three months. Judy goes to the Kitsap Peninsula and rescues two young farm pigs, Bailey and Clara, who had both been found homeless and starving. Bailey is a young piglet requiring urgent medical care as he appears blind with a possible brain injury. The newsletter is finally finished! Patty the Pig discovered the 200 lb. pumpkin in the garden and ate it all bite by bite in 1 week. On Christmas Eve Ben the dog found and ate the family's large Unturkey that was thawing on the kitchen counter.

November 2005

More attorney and accountant meetings regarding the store purchase. Vet comes out for Ginger the horse whose leg is injured. Cabins get insulated. Sanctuary receives calls regarding abandoned Barbados sheep in field in Monroe. Judy is distraught over Chester's deteriorating health. We find Matilda the goat a new home with other goats. We receive calls to rescue roosters, pigs, llamas and horses. Pilgrim the horse suffered colic (a full twist of the large intestine) and required major surgery and hospitalization. Judy worries how this life saving vet bill will be paid.. Donations are down. Sidecar papers signed. Washington's 100% all vegan store is now Sidecar For Pigs Peace. Water freezes. First snow of the season arrives.

October 2005

Lavern the chicken, (the pigs friend) died. Decking on the cabin is finished. Two attorney meetings to discuss the Sidecar purchase. Work party spreads cedar chips and paints cabins. More pigs to the vet. Tractor rented for a weekend of work. Patty the pig arrives. Gus the llama died. Packer the llama is grieving for him. Skagit Animal Control investigates farm abuse case and calls requesting help with the pigs involved. We rescue the pigs and a goat. Judy makes calls out to rescue groups to help with the other animals in this abuse case. Pigs Peace joins the South Sound Animal Rights march in Tacoma. Petting zoo calls sanctuary regarding cow needing placement. Chester the pig remains non-ambulatory. Judy continues with prescribed medical care.

September 2005

Eighteen more pigs to the vet. Artists finish the wall mural. More of the documentary is filmed. Chester, one of the large pigs, sick in the barn and unable to get up. Work party fenced off area for the concrete work and spreads two truckloads of gravel. Forms built and concrete poured. Construction started on two cabins built in the woods for volunteers and visitors. Eleven pigs from California driven to new home in Woodland, Washington. Pigs Peace receives offer to buy Sidecar vegan store. Last of the ear tags out. Elvis the pig died. Four more cedar chip loads spread as we begin to prepare for winter. Pigs eat bananas almost every day! Donations plummet after Katrina hits. Judy worries about the coming winter months.

Clara explores the sanctuary

Judy tends to Ginger's leg

Packer