A pig rescue farm

What happens when the so-called tiny "teacup pig" you've purchased as a pet grows to more than 250 pounds? Correspondent Martha Teichner visits Ross Mill Farm, a Pennsylvania pig sanctuary. She also talks with pet owners whose porcine charges have faced peculiar challenges.
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[@anastasiabeaverhausen8220]

I could listen to Martha narrate a good story like this all day.

[@AlisaT72]

I had the same thought at the beginning of this story! I just melt into her voice😍

[@jodibrooklyn1033]

I love that lady with the sister pigs and all her other pets. Those pigs look in awesome shape. She takes excellent care of them.

[@veroniquepeterson5264]

Thank you!

[@rosariodeleon541]

God’s work is done by this woman

[@PeaceFan1]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE Pigs!!!!

[@TheVampyreMeLz]

Love my piggies 🐷

[@tipsysmichigander6483]

Don't we all need a nice quiet place to live out our last years? Pigs - Dogs - Cats - Even most humans.

[@michaeld.williamsiii9026]

I agree!!!🐖👏🏽💖

[@ellenweiss2686]

😊

[@meccavaughn8072]

Am I the only one who thinks pigs are beautiful creatures, and, yes, they do love mud 💚🐖🐖🐖🐖🐖💖💚😊?.

[@Lilybet1316]

Pigs are beautiful and brilliantly smart! 😊❤❤❤

[@michaeld.williamsiii9026]

🐷💝🐷You’re not the only one at all, they’re super astonishing and uniquely beautiful in my opinion indeed.🐖💝🐖

[@tn1149]

They also taste great. Mine are very friendly, love scratches, getting showers, and Oreos. And then they become tasty bacon.

[@fk1856]

do you still eat them even after recognizing their beauty?

[@tn1149]

@@fk1856 Absolutely. The bacon is beautiful.

[@steveconn]

As noted in Young Guns pigs are as smart as dogs. Clooney a proud owner. Give these guys some love :)

[@r.mcbride2837]

Clooney's pig died years ago, I'm sorry to report. He died at the ripe old age of 18 back in 2006. RIP Max.

[@bonnieforman9700]

Thank you for rescuing these incredibly intelligent creatures that are so tortured for profit.

[@jillv4006]

People: pigs are farm animals! If you don’t own a farm, don’t get a pig!

[@michaeld.williamsiii9026]

I went to an animal sanctuary twice here in Maryland called, Poplar Springs, I’m going back again in October.🐖💖🐖 I have such a love and respect for these unique animal species, I am more plant based than ever proudly, and my love for the animal species continues to ignite for them.⛅️🙏🏾⛅️

[@catlover34fl]

Same with me, It brings joy to me every day.

[@1805movie]

You should do a story on "Flow Hive". It's this bee hive invention created by a family of bee keepers in Australia, and it's designed to harvest honey on tap; making it easier to extract it. I think it would make a fascinating story.

[@paulchezkari6952]

I'm so glad that Ms Peterson found her 1st pig with the help of campers, whew🎉🎉 she's a responsible animal lover😂

[@LovingMyLife_]

Awww my kind hearted soul friend Ms Vernique is very inspiring, loving and most amazing person I have known God bless you Ms Vernique and we need so many like you on this planet to love all these innocent animals like you do God bless everyone 🙏🏻❤️♾️🤗

[@49lucky]

Humans always go out and get the next boutique pet until they tire of it.

[@Jacob-seek-Jesus-123]

They do that with labadores & other dogs, they love them as cute & cuddlies but after a couple of years when their dogs weigh 125 Lbs & eat up most of the grocery bills then they abandon them down our country road & it’s painful to see these dogs run up to cars thinking it’s their owners coming back to rescue them but nope they just end up alone & starve to death,poor things, they need to send these owners to the jail house & actually feel abandonment.

[@chumdog90]

😢

[@catlover34fl]

@@Jacob-seek-Jesus-123 People do the same with cats. Love them as kittens, but turn them out as cats.

[@pohanahawaii]

👍👍 Ross Mill Farm Pig Sanctuary! And also *Pigs Peace* in Washington, which rescues all pigs, not just potbellies.

[@stevenc.brittingham1572]

Cool... Bless her

[@sandrabarnett1499]

So cute love them.

[@shuffleaccount1985]

SOOO SWEET

[@innerlocus]

Don't say delicious when talking about Piggy, 🤣it is Sunday morning. 🥓

[@aguerra1381]

Absolutely the WRONG term. I agree 👍

[@Jacob-seek-Jesus-123]

I ain’t gonna lie, I love pigs too with tasty toast & scrambled eggs, seasoned hash browns, syrupy pancakes, a warm cup of coffee & yummy bacon & sizzling sausage absolutely delicious, don’t mind me little piggy, we just eating breakfast, thank God for food. 🤓

[@erincallan6708]

My pig Hermie is flying in heaven right now. Miss you Hermie 🐷

[@JasonFoxLCB]

As a former pet pig owner (25 years ago -- long live Elvis the Tiny King!), I love this.

[@SailorsGirl1957]

Why would she call him delicious?

[@recherche4528]

Delicious as in wonderful. It is a term of endearment.

[@TheSmark666]

It's kind of a double entendre. He is delicious on the inside and outside!

[@mikekim1219]

I was wondering the same thing 😂

[@horseygurl143]

I have two, a pot belly and a "mini" pot belly. The mini is still about 100 pounds. My issue with her, though, is that I rescued her as a grown pig, and she was not spayed. When Twiggy comes in heat, I am the object of her affection and she's definitely a wild animal during that time. My other pig, Rudy, is almost 7 years old and I cannot put the two together because Twiggy is mean during her heat cycle and has beat up poor Rudy, who loves flowers and butterflies. Wonderful story. Very very cool pigs and pig people in the story, too!!!

[@scrubjay93]

I imagine pigs can have strong personalities being so smart. Animals drive us crazy and we wouldn't have it any other way 😂

[@horseygurl143]

@@scrubjay93 You are SO right!!!

[@michaelscot4816]

Veronique, you are awesome!!💜

[@DNBursky]

My concern is that her home is too small for the pigs. Based on what we saw of the front of the home, it looks too small outside as well. :(

[@LovingMyLife_]

She is back to her original home ,& it’s spacious enough for all her little animal babies “ besides physical space l,these animals only seeking for a Larger Heart to love them the way they supposed to “ God bless you all

[@veroniquepeterson5264]

​@DNBursky thanks for your concern... but if you listened to the interview I had a house fire. The Home in the video, which I was so very grateful for, was a temporary home that I lived in while my house was being rebuilt. I have a lot of lovely fur babies, and I was so very grateful that the landlord took a chance on renting to me...

[@DNBursky]

@@veroniquepeterson5264 I'm sorry. I will delete the message. I wasn't knocking you, just the space at the time.

[@rr7firefly]

Why would anyone keep feeding a pig to the point of obesity? Pet owners know not to do that.

[@catlover34fl]

People who love their cats also know not to do that.

[@rr7firefly]

@@catlover34fl Correction made in original comment. Thanks.

[@scrubjay93]

yes! I met some lovely Kunekune pigs a few years back - they were about this size, so smart, and very affectionate.

[@isabellaprusse]

She really is a nice woman and she’s got the most adorable name ever I really love the name Susan

[@collinreesejones5525]

Martha is the BEST!!!!!

[@onestarabove7027]

So cute!

[@Mclem2k24]

Unconditional love for unconditional love

[@horseygurl143]

One more thing about my pigs. It's true. Pigs LOVE Cheerios! Three cheers for Cheerios! Sometimes I give them a little in their feed and sometimes a few as a treat, but my favorite time to give Cheerios is in the hot summertime when I fill their individual pools with clean water and toss a half of a cup of Cheerios in each pool. They lounge in the water, chasing the floating Cheerios around the pool. To me, it's better than them cooling down in mud and it satisfied that need!

[@samanthab1923]

I knew it had to be Bucks Co when I saw the house. Love an old Stoney. She’s not that far from a pot belly that was seen out running with deer one winter. After some coaxing the SPCA in Lahaska rescued her. Hope she wound up in Jamison 🐷❤️

[@sandrasmile]

They are so beautiful 🐷❤🐷 Do people give away or abandon their humans babies because their babies get old, blind, deaf, overweight, talk too much or don't have enough money for medical assistance? (Maybe some do but not the majority of people). So people should NOT do that to animals either! Thank you to ALL the people who love, help, and respect animals ❤🐾

[@catlover34fl]

Totally agree!

[@shanecoleman7114]

"The most delicious little pig that you've ever seen" oh the irony... She should rethink them words lol.

[@ZeacorZeppelin]

Cute oinkers

[@ceooflonelinessinc.267]

A pig rescue farm

[@riobrasilsambashowssambist1453]

I just wish people would consider not eating them. Tmit is exactly like eating a pet dog. They are smart, playful, know their name, a d have emotions.

[@MrTINcity]

I have a potbelly that needs a good home I rescued him as a piglet from bad conditions I give him the best I can do but he deserves so much more than the piggy prison he lives in

[@lacm64]

Why don’t you contact a sanctuary?

[@Neukids]

Pigs are smarter than dogs, have more genes common with human. Be bold and tell your kids what you’re feeding them

[@mooseears9849]

Who else is watching this while eating pulled pork 😋

[@jeanneminton5226]

Hope the landlord wasn't watching.

[@cartomancycarmen]

Maggotson 😅

[@mililaniman]

I never thought that a pig would be a good pet.

[@shanecoleman7114]

And the "he's a boy, so not a mother" oh how the snow flakes in the world would have a heart attack seeing this lol 😂 with all their you can be any sex, and she/her and all that crap haha

[@40TuberYou]

Fine example of raising animals to a level above humans.

[@equalityreigns8578]

Yet 99.9% of the people amused by this video will stil continue to eat tortured pigs. 😞

[@ishamiah1619]

I don’t understand western culture

[@jillv4006]

I live in western culture and I don’t understand it most times either, Ishamiah. Believe me, we aren’t all like this!

[@robertplant2059]

I smell bacon

[@ronsantos9777]

is that The View?