The Preserve/Sanctuary Partnership:

In the years it has taken to formulate the Preserve Concept, several things have remained glaringly clear and obvious to us:

-A Pig Preserve will not work for all pigs. Very young pigs, older pigs and pigs that are compromised in any way will not do well in the Preserve environment. There must be one or more "traditional" sanctuaries working in partnership with The Preserve to care for those pigs for which the Preserve lifestyle is not a viable option. And as pigs at The Preserve age or become infirmed, there must be a sanctuary available to accept them - a facility which can provide the more intensive one-on-one care that traditional sanctuaries have long been providing.

-The Preserve and the partnering sanctuary must be separate entities.  The underlying philosophies and day-to-day operation of the Preserve and the sanctuary are fundamentally different. It would be detrimental, in the long run, to try and operate these two organizations under any type of common management umbrella. The two organizations will certainly compliment each other, but the Preserve and its partner sanctuary must be free to operate independently from each other.

- The Preserve and the partnering sanctuary must be physically separated.  Biosecurity standards, disease prevention/abatement/control protocols, and the need for The Preserve to be able to offer the pigs an environment that is as remote and natural as possible all mandate a physical separation of at least 15-50 miles between the partnering sanctuary and The Preserve.