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Originating from the very same irresponsible breeder as her sister, Daisy-May, Maggie-May was surrendered by her owner (a completely different family) just a couple of months after her sister Daisy.  Surrendered just two days before Christmas of 2011, Maggie was given up due to alleged allergy issues.  As a result of being kept separate and isolated from the members in her family suffering from "allergies", Maggie had begun to develop behavioral issues including aggression towards her owners.  Such behavior is common among pigs that feel depressed and excluded from family life.

After contacting the breeder regarding the issues concerning Maggie, her former parents got the same run-around as did Daisy’s former parents and not surprisingly the breeder refused to claim any responsibility, to take Maggie back, or even help out in any way whatsoever.  Once again, this blatant refusal to assist with Maggie (one of many pigs the breeder had made a great deal of money on and was essentially responsible for bringing into this world) came after she had “guaranteed” she would follow through and always be there to help.  This could not be further from the truth as the breeder had proven herself time and time again to not care in the slightest about the welfare of the animals she was exploiting once the money form the sales of her piglets had changed hands.

We were very happy and relieved to learn that this particular breeder had since taken down her website and even skipped town (perhaps others she had scammed had driven her to do so) but sadly our relief was short lived as we were informed that she had moved to Red Deer and within a couple of months we started to receive calls of unwanted and abandoned piglets from that area.

After a careful re-introduction, Daisy-May and Maggie-May appear to have remembered one another and were happy to be reunited.  Affectionately nicknamed “The May Sisters”, the girls enjoyed spending much of their time together exploring the Sanctuary and meeting the seemingly-endless stream of other former pet pigs that have suffered the same heartless, greedy and downright cruel exploits of irresponsible breeders and the novelty pet industry.

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Maggie-May's most recent BFFs include two very large swine pig brothers named Pirate and Prince.  Although they easily outweigh her by several hundereds of pounds, they're always very gentle with her and can always be seen hanging out together.

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