Meet Edgar of Edgar’s Mission...

Yes, he is a pig and he is the one who started it all!

The story goes...

The arrival of James Cromwell, ‘Farmer Hoggett’ from the hit movie “Babe”, in Australia in May 2003 represented a golden opportunity to highlight the plight of pigs. James, a passionate animal activist, readily agreed. It was decided it would be a good idea to get a photograph of James and a pig.

Great idea, but where do we get a pig from? An approach to a children’s farm revealed that if we parted with $150 they would be happy to let James have his photo taken with a pig.

“Pigs!” was uttered and we then had the brilliant idea of “procuring our own pig”. And procure we did from a piggery, a landrace large white cross whom we named Edgar Alan Pig. After the photo shoot we planned to find a sanctuary for young Edgar to live out his days, but after one night with him we were hooked. So we eventually created that sanctuary and called it “Edgar’s Mission”. Life changed forever.

Edgar’s humble ability to champion the cause of pigs has seen him become the first of what is a legacy of activist pigs who now all call Edgar’s Mission home sweet home.