What medical/veterinary care is available for the pigs?
The Pig Preserve maintains a local sanctuary veterinarian. She is available on a 24/7 basis and is, normally, no more than 30 minutes away from us should an emergency occur. She is becoming increasingly proficient at working with the pigs and she enjoys working with The Preserve. She also cares for the 7 dogs and 20+ cats who live at The Preserve with us. An interesting side note about our veterinarian, is that she is a vegetarian, something that is almost unheard of in this area of rural Tennessee . After 20+ years of working with pigs of all breeds and with our collective medical experience as paramedics and EMT’s, we can accomplish much of the required and routine medical care on our own. We schedule the vet and her staff in to The Preserve for non-emergent medical procedures that require sedation or which are beyond our capability to perform without veterinary assistance as a matter of routine. Our local vet can also perform basic, rudimentary diagnostic work if the need arises. We
