Birth date:  1st January 2011

Rescue date: 1st March 2020

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Basil, Eamon & Clovis are survivors. Beloved pets of an elderly couple living amidst picturesque Australian bush-land, their pleasant life became a living horror as the bush fires of 2020 impacted their home.​

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Situated on the side of a heavily forested mountain, the elderly couple were told to evacuate on the evening of January 31st, as the Big Jack Mountain was threatening the area.  Rushing out with only what they could carry including their rescued cats, they were unable to take their pigs to safety.

As the fire tore up the mountainside, it engulfed their property. The pigs' enclosure, being mostly dirt, provided a small fire break but the shade cloth above them and nearby house erupted in flames. The roar of the fire coming up the mountain, the heat, the smoke, would have been phenomenal.​

Driven by absolute terror, Clovis, the 9-year-old spotted pig, leapt twice his body height to escape the enclosure, running from the horrific scene of burning trees, buildings and vehicles, and finding shelter at a nearby church. Basil and Eamon burrowed into the dirt as best they could. Eamon suffered superficial burns, but it was a miracle that all three survived.​

Just like humans, animals feel fear and will do whatever they can do to protect their most precious possession, their life. Also, just like us, the trauma these three pigs have experienced takes time to overcome. We are here to provide these three pigs with a safe, stable and peaceful place to overcome their traumatic experience, and to ensure the rest of their life; filled with peace, gentleness, and comfort.