The Story of Wally the Pig and his Farm Sanctuary
Published by the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
Just across the Minnesota border in New Richmond, Wis., a 300-pound pig trailed behind me like a puppy. I stopped for a moment as a sheep came my way, insistent on a head rub. As I massaged its ears, I felt something pulling at my shoulder. I looked down and found a sneaky, wet snout inside my purse, hastily chowing down on some cherry tomatoes that had fallen out of my lunch bag.
That snout belongs to Wally the Pig, who lives at SoulSpace Farm Sanctuary. One year ago, Wally jumped off a slaughter truck going 70 miles per hour. He was just 3 miles away from a meat processing plant in Sioux Falls, S.D. A witness reported that Wally nudged persistently at a latch on the back of the semi before finally getting it loose and jumping onto Interstate 90.
Suffering only minor injuries, Wally was soon picked up by the Humane Society and later adopted by Kara Breci, the founder of SoulSpace Farm Sanctuary.
