Kansas City Pig Rescue Network- KCPRN (2026)

20/06/2026

Good morning from most tiniest darling Roxanne. It is impossible to convey how teeny this little survivor really is. We have only had one truck jumper who was this size over the years. We believe she is about two weeks old. As you can see in one of the pictures, her back end was tagged with livestock paint indicating that she was intentionally placed on the transport truck and was not mistakenly sent earlier than industry standard. There is no good time to be placed on that truck of course… but at only two weeks old and already ripped away from her mother’s milk, she has an uphill battle ahead.

So far Roxanne is taking to goats milk very well. She is a very enthusiastic eater. Unfortunately her stomach is very sensitive and she can only eat small amounts at a time to avoid making herself sick. She has vomited a couple of times and we are working to find the magic timing and amount of her milk intake to satisfy her appetite without making her feel sick. She is currently having very small portions every hour - which you can imagine is a lot to keep up with, especially with dozens of other animals to care for and all of our team members having full time jobs.

Extra thank you to Head Food Lady in Charge Angela for managing her feedings around the clock so far. We plan to have Angela and Katie co-parent through the work week and continue adjusting schedule and feedings as needed. We are VERY grateful Roxanne does not have any fractures which would permanently impact her health and mobility. Her injuries are more minimal than typical for our truck jumper babies. At only two weeks old, it really is a miracle she was not more badly injured while falling to the interstate out of a moving semi truck…

Roxanne is full of life and personality. Each jumper baby is hugely different. They are individuals, brimming with charisma, curiosity, s***k and affection. She is more cuddly than some others have been. We will find out in time if that is because she enjoys snuggles or is simply looking for warmth. She has several blankets and a heating pad in her kennel where she spend most of her day. We will continue sharing her journey and are so grateful for your support. ❤️‍🩹🥹

19/06/2026

🚨🚨🚨 Rooooo###xaannneee! This beautiful tiny fragile baby NEEDS OUR HELP! She fell from a semi here in Kansas City on Wednesday evening. She was fortunate to have kind witnesses who saw her brave leap and stopped to scoop her off the highway. They called Kansas City Animal Services and officers responded by collecting her and contacting us for care instruction. She was set up in an office at Kansas City Pet Project overnight and I got to meet her first thing Thursday morning. She is so small you guys. So so small. We will share more pictures and updates this weekend but it is impossible to convey how small she is. Industry standard puts piglets on those awful semi trucks between 21-28 days old, to transfer to CAFOs where they will be fattened up for roughly six months before being slaughtered for human consumption. We believe baby Roxanne is closer to 14 days old.

Thankfully she took to pan feeding goats milk immediately and has a good appetite. KCPP released her to us yesterday after their vet on staff checked her over. Our primary vet is out of office on Thursday, so she remained on crate rest yesterday and went to see Dr. Koch this am. She has a pretty banged up rib cage with damage to her intercostal cartilage. Luckily, that damage is not positioned to be a danger to her vital organs and should heal up well naturally while she remains confined to a small area. She continues to have a healthy appetite and healthy stool, which is truly a miracle at her age.

Speaking of goats milk… it gets quite expensive, as does vet care. We already had six neuters scheduled for today and an anticipated $1,500 bill. Now we also have Roxanne’s milk needs, X-rays, continued care and eventual spay when she is old enough. We could really use your help raising these funds. I will share more pictures and videos of Roxanne this weekend, but wanted to give a special shout out to office Alena and city liaison Lauren. These wonderful women have spent time with us here at the farm ensuring they were knowledgeable and ready to step in and care for these kinds of emergencies. We appreciate you both so much!

To donate:
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19/06/2026

Happy Friday everyone! We desperately need your help with funding this weekend. We have had SEVEN new intakes since Tuesday. 🙃😬🫠 All seven pigs need to be spayed/neutered, vaccinated, de-wormed, evaluated etc. 6 of these pigs are beginning their new lives after being released from their pharmaceutical research trials. As test patients, they are kept in a sterile environment, with no exposure to the elements (sun, wind, dust, allergies, heat/cold etc). They are not allowed to be altered in any way prior to the conclusion of their bio-med research trials, so their immune systems need time to build now that they’re beginning normal lives. This starts with vaccinations and de-worming. All six boys are also being neutered today so that they can peacefully coexist and live long reproductive disease free lives. The estimate for these six pigs alone is $1,500. We are very fortunate to have an affordable local vet option, but we still very much need your help.

I mentioned a 7th intake this week. We will tell you more about her soon. What we will say now is that she is very, very tiny and is heading to Dr. Koch to be xrayed and evaluated. She made a very big, brave, life changing leap on Wednesday that altered her destiny. If you’ve followed us for awhile, you may be able to guess her origin story. We will update you all later today with her details and beautiful face. Unfortunately, her medical care adds to an already growing bill, busy weekend, and exhausted team members. They are all worth it every time, but it sure is easier with you by our side.

To donate:
🐽 PayPal.me/kcprn
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🐽 kcpigrescuenetwork.org/donate

18/06/2026

Well, our gal Queenie has decided she needed her King… and it appears she has found him in Harley. Harley has been with us since 2017 and is a senior large breed pig at 9 years old. For 6 beautiful years, he shared with his very best friend and “little brother” Thad. When we had to help Thad cross the Rainbow Bridge this past November, Harley became quite somber and isolated. He was spending less time with their shared friends and more time sleeping his days away alone. Herd dynamics are complicated and change is very difficult for pigs. It has been a heartbreaking six months in many ways.

This past weekend, we decided to let Queenie out into our largest area where the permanent residents reside. We do not do this often at all. We respect the heck out of our permanent piggies and don’t want to disturb their herd structure with temporary changes. Harley is huge is has very sharp long tusks as well. All of our permanent pigs are seniors now. It is simply not something we take lightly at all. With 6 new pigs arriving this week who all needed to be separated, we needed Queenie’s private pen. We decided to see how it went letting her out to wander.

She sparred with a couple of pigs - Fred and Vinny. She established herself as the winner of those fights and then made her way to Harley. I didn’t record it because we needed to be ready to step in if needed. To our surprise, she walked up to Harley’s face as his head was down grazing (😬) and started hot panting him. This is the sound pigs make to say I love you… he hot panted her face back. She rubbed her sides all over his belly. He rested his chin on her back. They hot panted again and then walked off side by side…

Honestly we have never seen anything like it. Queenie is absolutely obsessed with our old man. 😂 They follow one another around and sleep together now…

This is all very happy news but unfortunately there are also some permanent residents who have been kicked out of their barn. They are sleeping in small shelters alone. We hope they will find one another and develop new bonds as well. Time will tell and we will respect their process with patience and appreciation.

Please enjoy these obsessive hot pants lol. Queenie walked away right after this and Harley got his big ole body up to follow right behind her… 🥰

17/06/2026

Good morning piggy people. Yesterday, SIX new pigs joined the KCPRN family as new fosters in our program. All 6 of these pigs were released from a bio-medical research facility after completing a clinical trial. We are not provided the details of the trial, or which pigs may have been placebo patients. All we know is that these 6 boys are now FREE. Free to learn about the big ole world. Free to experience wind on their faces. Free to nose around in this stuff called straw. Free to meet one another for the first time. Free to put their hooves in the soft Earth. Free to experience human kindness, love and affection. The world is incredibly overstimulating to them, after spending the first big chunk of their lives in a sterile, stainless steel, ultra controlled environment. EVERYTHING and I mean EVERYTHING is new for them today. Their first time see the sun go down last night and rise again this morning. The first time hearing chickens roosting in the barn. Their first time seeing, hearing, smelling other pigs that do and do not look like them. If you've followed us for any length of time, you have probably seen many posts about the pigs we are able to rescue from the lab. We STILL have two 1 year old boys from the group we pulled in December searching for homes. We now have EIGHT previous test patients hoping to find their safe, loving, supportive, patient, kind, forever families. Two of the new boys have pretty wild hair-do's and all 8 are as adorable as could possibly be. These new 6 arrivals will be heading to our vet clinic shortly to check in for their life saving neuter surgeries, their first first round of vaccinations and their first de-worming treatment. We are very fortunate to have our primary vet on our team and blessed that his pricing is affordable for us as a rescue group. We could still very much use your help, as KCPRN is entirely volunteer operated and donor funded. If you can help us provide this vet care to our 6 new cuties, we sure would appreciate it. Welcome home boys, life gets so much better from here!

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16/06/2026

Go Cher, go! OH MY GOODNESS, look at this athlete! :D This Transformation Tuesday we are celebrating one hard working little lady. Cher and her sister Dee have been with us for just over 6 weeks now. They are only one year old and battling life threatening obesity already. :'( As you can see, Cher's little legs were buckling under the pressure of her weight. Her tendons are severely stretched and she is unfortunately left with walking on her ankles instead of her hoof pads. Our incredible farrier is scheduled to come see us on Saturday and get many of our pigs trimmed up, but there girls are our highest priority. Now that the girls have lost some fluff, it is much safer to flip them on their backs for their first trim. We are hopeful that getting some length off their hooves will help them correct their gait so those tendons can gain some elasticity back. We will continue to keep you updated on Cher and Dee's progress.

This is a loving reminder - people can and do love their pigs to death through overfeeding. If you care about the longevity and quality of life for your pet pigs, get serious about their weight management! We know they are so very adorable when pleading for another snack, but they're most adorable when they are healthy, happy and thriving for many years to come.

14/06/2026

Most perfect snoot award 🥇 still and forever belongs to Mr. Sherlock. This handsome guy has been with us for longer than any other adoptable piggy in our program despite being:
1) incredibly handsome
2) gentle and polite
3) a friend to all
Sherlock could fit into any herd seamlessly. He has been a part of several different herds in his years with KCPRN and has never caused a problem for anyone. He accepts a little bit of touch, will take snackies from the hand and is always nearby. When we have a shy pig that is always just around the corner watching us, we know they will blossom in a private family home. So much changes at the rescue. Different humans coming and going all the time. Different herd shuffles and switch ups. Foster piggies coming and going on their way to a forever home. As a species that struggles with change - the more timid babies stay quite reserved in their time with us. It is the best thing ever when we get updates from our adopters about their shy piggy finding their voice, coming out of the shell, being brave and making breakthroughs. All of our pigs have their needs met with us, but life only gets better in what comes after their time at KCPRN. If you are interested in providing a private family home for Sherlock or any of our other piggies, we would love to chat. ❤️‍🩹 Hope to talk soon! kcpigrescuenetwork.org/adopt

13/06/2026

We want to take a minute to share our gratitude for one of the coolest humans we’ve had the pleasure to work with at the rescue. Serena has been a volunteer at KCPRN for years and consistently shown up in horrid weather, worked her tail off, kept us positive and laughing, shown love and compassion to our animals and shined like the sun. She is always a breath of fresh air and her energy has been a huge benefit to all of us on two and four legs. This is our last weekend with this treasured soul. She and her husband both accepted incredible professional opportunities out of state and we are so SO proud of her!

Serena - your family here is KC is ALWAYS rooting for you. We are better for having had you on our team. We cannot wait to see what you do next. The gate is always open for you here (metaphorically of course, no escaped pigs) and if you ever need a ride, you know how to drive the side-by-side now, huh? 😉🚜🏁🏎️💩🐷🐓🦃

11/06/2026

Happy Thursday from the most handsome guy around! Odessa has the very best hair. Between his punk rock spikes and his permanent y2k frosted tips, he's always rocking superior style! Odessa is an older boy but you would never know it from his demeanor or activity level. He is incredibly social - loves human attention and will follow visitors and volunteers around for pets any time they are in his pen. He has a silly, spicy personality with the other pigs and is often instigating arguments he does not win lol. Whatever makes him happy, ya know?! He would be an excellent addition to a family with a current piggy who needs a little social humbling (spoiled pig), or as a solo piggy who can be the star of the show. He has spent many years in a loving private family home and definitely knows what he is missing being with a family vs. on the farm with so many pigs to compete for attention with. If you are interested in meeting this cool cat, please let us know or apply online at kcpigrescuenetwork.org/adopt.

10/06/2026

Friggin’ cutie! Queenie 👸 is still searching for her forever home! She is a kune kune gal and a little bigger than most of our piggies, but still considered a small breed pig. She is FULL of personality and charisma, and really wants a herd of her own. She has met some of the other piggies and definitely holds her own, but she is gentle and docile with us humans. Queenie loves scratches, snacks, and exploring. Kune kune breed pigs need a bit of space to roam around. If you are looking for a social gal who is ready to complete an existing herd, or you’re searching for a piggy to be the star of the show… Queenie is a contender! It is tough to get a still picture of this sweetheart because she does truly believe she is a lap pig. 🥰 If you’re interested in learning more and meeting Queenie, we would love to hear from you!

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