What is the capacity of The Pig Preserve ?
To be honest, we do not yet know the answer to that question. The Pig Preserve is a new and innovative concept in the long term care of rescued pigs. A lot of what we are doing has never been done before with pigs of different breeds. We are constantly working with different concepts and trying innovative things. Our initial thoughts were that we would never exceed a ratio of more than 4 pigs per acre. This would mean that The Preserve could eventually house as many as 400 pigs. We are rethinking these original numbers based on our ongoing experience with the pigs and the land. We believe that the 400-pig number may be a bit optimistic. Several factors will drive our eventual, long-term population figures: First, is the eventual mix of farm pigs versus miniature pigs. The gentle giants need more room to roam than do the miniature pigs. They are also harder on the land since the farm pigs, unlike the miniature pigs, are inveterate rooters. We need to be careful that we do not take in so
