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Through the Darkness Comes a Light, Through Fear Comes Love, and Through Pain Comes Purpose: A Whole New Life For Honey Pig

Honey is one of the most docile and shy pigs I have ever met. After rescuing Honey and her friends from the Iowa floods in 2008, we decided to keep her at our New York Shelter because she seemed to be suffering from one of the worst cases of PTSD out of all the pigs we treated.  

Honey lived with the younger pigs when she arrived because she was so exhausted and too docile to fight for her position with the other adult females. 

Honey would scream if you touched her back and was always very afraid of people, although over the years she has calmed down and seemed quite comfortable in her small herd.  

Once Nikki and her family took her in, Honey started to feel safer and happier.  She was still very docile, but because she was living with the babies and two other sows who accepted her, she did not have to fight. 

She kind of flew under the radar — never rocked the boat.  She was definitely the lowest on the pecking order and even had to be separated for feedings because she was so easily pushed away from food.

Rose, Honey, and Freston are having a meeting while Rory checks out the photographer.  Hello, Jo-Anne McArthur!

So when Honey recently returned from Cornell University’s Nemo Farm Animal Hospital  after a dental — with no Nikki to keep the peace — she was immediately injured by Chuck and then the girls.  It was so incredibly sad to see her so depressed as we moved her into a pen alone. And as Chuck continued to show everyone he was the new boss, the once happy barn was now cleared out and only Honey remained.  

The family in a pile just last year.  Portia on the left, then Nikki and Ellen, with Honey at the back and Chuck kind of on top of everyone. 

So, what to do?  Pigs are not easily introduced to other pigs.  In the wild, pigs are made up of large family groups — mostly mothers and babies with a few intact males — and when a new pig comes in, they protect their territory.  

In this photo, you can see that those eyes are not the eyes of a depressed pig and instead are hiding a happy little secret!  Can you see the secret?

When you have a herd and you rescue a pig — that is, you have a new pig joining in — the herd, by their very nature, will protect their territory.  This is all well and good if you can just move on and go about your business, but this is not the wild and we don’t have miles of space for them to travel.

Now, when Honey surveys her world, she is doing it with purpose — because now, she has a family that she needs to protect. 

So we find other options — other pigs who need a friend with similar personalities, etc.  It is not an easy task, but what happened to Honey was life-changing.

Ta-da!  We are here and happy!  Cameron spends so much time right beside Honey — he is the new mama’s boy! Ben David is a bit more independent, but is also very much in love with his new mother. 

Because you may recall, we have two little pigs: two young boys both raised by humans who really just did not know how to act around anyone.  They attempted to nurse off people, were very mouthy (they bit everyone), and had no manners — zero.  What was missing?  A mother.  And who do we have that needed a family?  

Happy surprise revealed!

And this is just what the doctor ordered — if the doctor was, say, a pig psychologist.  At first, Honey seemed to not care about the boys at all, but that quickly changed.  And those crazy boys? They changed too.

Now, Honey is making the nests for her own family and loving every minute of it. 

You would never know that these were not her own piglets — especially when they snuggle tightly together at night. Cameron is already so bonded to his new mom that you cannot even see him when you come in the barn.  No more running over and biting us — he is in heaven.  He now has all he needs.

Cameron and Ben David talk to Honey and she talks to them — just like the biological mothers and piglets we have rescued in the past. 

And both Ben David and Cameron greet and talk to Honey like they would with their own mothers.  Piglets have their own language with their mom — they come up to their mouth and make an “eeh eeh eeh” sound; their moms respond with the happy grunt and “ah ah ah” sound we all know and love.

Honey has so much to talk about these days, and we couldn’t be happier for her new little family!

And speaking of that sound — Honey makes it all the time now!  She was never one to greet the human arrivals, but she certainly does now.  And she does so with the loving “ah ah ah” sound that is reserved for those you care for and appreciate.  Her whole personality has changed.

Everyone feels safe now — and they don’t need to be frustrated because they have each other. 

Honey is now the nest-maker for her children, the pig they go to when they are frightened or lonely, and the mother that both these boys so desperately needed  — and we couldn’t be happier!  

Friends are now brothers and both have a mother!

The boys enjoy some playtime with humanimal “farm mom” Susie. They are growing into such wonderful young pigs thanks to Honey’s guidance and love.

Through the Darkness Comes a Light 

What seems dark at first may often be a step towards something more magical than what you’ve experienced before.  Honey was a gestation sow.  Her first step out of darkness was to higher ground from the floods that brought her to Farm Sanctuary. And through the darkness of the loss of her second life with her best friend came a light in the form of two beautiful sons.

This is light in the form of two little boys.

Through Fear Comes Love

Honey spent the majority of her life in fear: first, in a factory farm as a gestation sow — a fear so great it cannot even be understood completely — and then, as the lowest member of a herd. While she was happy with her group, she always had some anxiety — sadly there is always someone at the bottom who experiences stresses that those above them never have.  But through all of this, she now has love — real love. A love that gestation sows rarely ever experience: the love of a child — and in this case, two!

This is the love between a mother and her new sons. Here, she shares a smooch with Cameron.

Through Pain Comes Purpose

Through the pain of the loss of her family of nearly a decade came a new purpose for her life.  She has more energy, more obvious happiness, and is more content than she has ever been in her life — and it is because she has a purpose.  She is someone’s mom, someone’s security, and someone’s happiness.  

Honey has a purpose — she is a mother, and she is security for two very needy young pigs.  She looks like she finally found the life she always dreamed of — a life with her own family. 

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Zeleno društvo na švedski način

Predstavljajući svoj tim, ambasadorka Švedske u Srbiji Nj.E. Anika Ben David, ukazala je na to da se ambasada trudi da bude dobar primer u zaštiti okoline, da recikliraju sav otpad, dok zeleni otpad šalju na dalje procesuiranje da postane biogas. “Uradili smo nacrt prvog internog pravilnika o zaštiti životne sredine ambasade i prešli na kupovinu isključivo zelene struje. Ispitujemo mogućnosti za proizvodnju solarne energije”, rekla je ambasadorka.

Ona je dodala da na obeležavanju Nacionalnog dana Švedske nema plastičnih čaša ni pribora za jelo, da će sva hrana koja ostane biti kompostirana, a otpad recikliran.

Zeleno društvo na švedski način – foto Ambasada Švedske u Srbiji – Nj.E. Ambasadorka Švedske gospođa Anika Ben David

Ambasadorka Ben David podsetila je da je Švedska najveći donator Srbiji u oblasti životne sredine i da sarađuje sa Vladom Republike Srbije i Evropskom unijom na ubrzanju reformi u okviru Zelene agende EU sa namerom da pomogne Srbiji da se pripremi za članstvo u EU. Ona je rekla da ove godine naše dve zemlje obeležavaju 105 godina diplomatskih odnosa, u godini kada je Švedska donela novu, sedmogodišnju strategiju za razvojnu saradnju. Kao dugogodišnji razvojni partner Švedska kroz grantove podržava Srbiju sa više od 10 miliona evra godišnje. Istakla je i saradnju sa organizacijama civilnog društva sa kojima zajedno rade na jačanju demokratskog razvoja Srbije, naročito kroz angažovanje mladih u oblasti životne sredine.

Švedska je prošle nedelje bila domaćin konferencije Stokholm +50, globalnog sastanka na visokom nivou o zaštiti životne sredine, baš kao što je i pre pola veka bila domaćin prve konferencije Ujedinjenih nacija o životnoj sredini. Srbija je bila jedna od 59 zemalja koje su izabrane da sprovedu konsultacije u kojima su identifikovani ključni prioriteti za ekološku akciju. “Više od pet stotina građana učestvovalo je u konsultacijama i jedan od najvažnijih zaključaka je da se mladi ljudi što više uključe u donošenje odluka”, rekla je ambasadorka Ben David.

Govoreći o švedskoj podršci lokalnim samoupravama, ambasadorka je rekla da su u saradnji sa Ministarstvom zaštite životne sredine i Evropskom unijom protekle nedelje u 17 opština pokrenuli reformu odvajanja otpada u regionima u kojima živi više od 800.000 građana. “Završili smo pripreme za izgradnju postrojenja za prečišćavanje otpadnih voda u Nišu i Čačku. Večeras možete pogledati izložbu i vežbati kako se odvaja otpad”, rekla je ambasadorka Švedske Nj. E. Anika Ben David.

Zeleno društvo na švedski način – foto Ambasada Švedske u Srbiji

Brojne švedske kompanije godinama uspešno posluju u Srbiji i poznate su po inovativnosti, zelenom i društveno odgovornom poslovanju i održivosti. Partnersku podršku u obeležavanju Nacionalnog dana Švedske pružile su kompanije: Systemair, IKEA, Sandvik, Elnos Group, Securitas, Transcom, Volvo Truck i Volvo Cars, Tetra Pak, Astra Zeneca, Huskvarna, Medicon, Oriflame, Ericsson, Powrs i Absolut i druge.

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