A large pink pig takes an orange from a sanctuary carer

A black pig and a friendly sheep take rich tea biscuits from a visitor

This #WorldPigDay we remember our beloved #BigGeorgePig & #TobyPig ❤️🌈🐖

Both suffered cruelty & indignity in their early days but grew up to be happy, confident lads – healed from trauma by love & gentleness, & shielded from human harshness for the rest of their days 🐷🐗🤗

A woolly brown sheet with a gentle face

A black piglet tucks into a piece of pumpkin

Flowers & chocolates are all very well... 💐🍫

But what we want above all this #ValentinesDay is for as many as possible to love & respect animals, & do all they can to protect these sweet innocents 🙏🐷🐑🐄🐔🐟🦃🦞

#GoVegan for love of all life & all lives 🥰

#TobyPig
#AmosSheep
#VeganValentine

A large pink pig is fed by hand by a sanctuary volunteer

A black pig enjoys a snackie outside his house

Two houses lie eerily empty & painfully quiet 😢

We are still struggling to process the loss of #TobyPig & #BigGeorgePig, & to accept that our precious friends have gone 💔

The time was right for them to slip peacefully & painlessly away 🙏

But we miss them dreadfully 🌈

#FARSLovedAndLost

"Always remember us this way"
🎶🤗🐑🐖🐔

We will. We always will 🌈

#MarshmallowAndOats
#JumblesSheep
#TobySheep
#EdithChicken
#TobyPig
#GingernutSheep
#FARSLovedAndLost

🌱 #VeganuaryForThem 🌱
DAY 6 #TobyPig (now sadly #OTRB 🌈😢) was rescued by a compassionate person from cruel humans who were throwing him about like a football 💔

Pls help to make the world a kinder, fairer place for animals like Toby 🥰🐗

Try #veganuary for him, for them all 🙏

➡️ veganuary.com

A collage of photos of FARS animals who have died in 2025, including a tabby cat, 3 white sheep and a black pig

🎄 #FARSAdventCalendar2025 🎄
DAY 24 #FARSLovedAndLost
Today we open our calendar door onto some of the friends we've lost in 2025, who we've been so v glad to know & love, & who brought joy & beauty into our lives 🤗🌈

#ConnorCat
#WinstonSheep
#EowynSheep
#TobyPig
#NevilleSheep

A pig and a sheep hang out together in a cosy barn

A pig and a chicken potter about together

#TobyPig was a friend to everyone 🐗🤗❤️

He loved to wander around the sanctuary, & hang out with the chickens & the sheepies 🐔🐑🥰

How we miss this sweet lad 😢🌈

#RIPTobyPig
#SomeoneNotSomething
#AllLivesArePrecious
#VeganForHim

Our sweet lad #TobyPig 🐗🩷

Our precious friend 🤗🥰

So much missed, but we have SO many happy memories to sustain & cheer us as we navigate this period of grieving 🌈🙏

#RIPTobyPig
#SomeoneNotSomething
#VeganForHim
#InLovingMemory
#FARSLovedAndLost

A young piglet sniffs at some bottles of feed

A tiny black piglet greets a huge pig friend

Baby #TobyPig was a sight for sore eyes 🤗🐗

We were so happy to give him a home after he was rescued from young lads who were throwing him around like a football, & demanded money from the man who saved him 💔

This brave lad recovered from his trauma astonishingly quickly 🥹👏

#RIPTobyPig

A small child reaches out to touch a tiny black piglet

A young person sits next to black pig, blue sky above them, and happy in each other's company

From day one, & despite the terror & cruelty he endured before he came to us, #TobyPig was a friendly, outgoing lad 🤗🐗

Many loved him, were drawn to him, & all the better for knowing him ❤️

As one of his friends & loyal supporters put it, he was a superstar ✨️

#RIPTobyPig
#SomeoneNotSomething

FARS founder Carole Webb holds a tiny black piglet

A person pats the floofy head of a large black pig

The last 2 wks have been a period of mourning for us & we needed time to process our loss before passing on the news 😢

Our darling lad, our sweet, funny #TobyPig has been put to sleep 💔

So much to say & share, & we'll do so in the coming days 🤗

We know you loved him too 🙏

A person touches the floofy head of a large black pig

A large black pig in profile

#HappySunday friends 👋 – from sweet-natured #TobyPig, from the FARS humans, from everyone 🐑🐷🐗🐔🐈🕊🥰

Cruelty & terror was in his past 💔

But life is now happy & safe for this precious lad, & only peace & contentment lie ahead 🤗

For him, for them all, #GoVegan 🙏🌱

#VeganSanctuary
#AllLivesArePrecious

A large black pig relaxes contentedly in a field, a flock of happy sheep behind him

A close up photo of a tiny white lamb

Here is your #ThursdayMorning reminder that #AllLivesArePrecious 🤗

All of them, without exception 💖

Pls don't eat these precious beings 🙏

Pls don't pay for their exploitation & slaughter 🙏

Pls don't be the reason they suffer & die 🙏

#VeganForThem
#EndSpeciesism
#DonutLamb
#TobyPig

A close up photo of a young sheep with a speckly face

A black pig in profile with a person stroking his head

Hi & #HappyWednesday friends – from brave #RudyLamb, from sweet, friendly #TobyPig, from the FARS humans, from everyone 🐑🐏🐖🐗🐔🐈🐈‍⬛🕊

#VeganSanctuary
#VeganForThem
#AllLivesArePrecious

2 chickens hang out outside Toby Pig's little house

It's share & share alike here at FARS, with everyone free to wander & spend time in each other's little houses! 🤗

While #TobyPig was socialising with sheepie friends, the girls took the opportunity to hang out in his man-shed for a while... 🐗🐔😃

#FriendsNotFood
#FamilyNotFood
#VeganSanctuary

A large black pig hangs out with a chicken friend

A large black pig hangs out with a chicken friend

Sweet #TobyPig loves a little wander, & time with his chicken friends 🐗🐔

We're glad to be able to give him this life of freedom, safety & companionship ❤️🤗

If you're around on Sat 09 Aug, do come meet Toby et al at our open day & vegan fair 🙏🌱

🎟 www.farmanimalrescuesanctuary.co.uk/product/vega...

Love #TobyPig?! 🐗

Want to help ALL the animals at a vegan-run sanctuary?! 🤗

Why not consider sponsoring our sweet lad, for as little as £30 a year? (And the sponsor pack includes an invitation to *VISIT* this handsome boy 🏡🎉🥰)

www.farmanimalrescuesanctuary.co.uk/product/spon...

"He's loving it!" 🤗💖💦

Nothing like a cooling shower on a warm day, is there #TobyPig?! 🐗🚿☀️😎

#FriendsNotFood
#FamilyNotFood
#KindToAllKind
#JustLikeUs
#VeganSanctuary
#VeganForHim
#AllLivesArePrecious

It's not just the sheep who adore #brushies y'know 🐑!

#TobyPig also loves a bit of pampering 🐗🤗

This sweet lad totally melts our hearts 💖

How could anyone wish harm on these precious innocents? 😢

#JustLikeUs
#FriendsNotFood
#FamilyNotFood
#VeganSanctuary
#VeganForHim
#AllLivesArePrecious

Our pigs absolutely LOVE their fruit #snackies 🍏🍎🍍🍌😋

What healthy boys & girls 👏🐷🐗🥰!

#TobyPig
#BigGeorgePig
#WilmaPig
#PennyPig
#FriendsNotFood
#FamilyNotFood
#AllLivesArePrecious
#VeganSanctuary
#VeganForThem

A large black pig hangs out with a sheep

A large black pig spends time with a pretty grey hen

#HappySunday friends – from sweet, sociable #TobyPig (who ADORES a little wander & a meet & greet with pals 🐗🐑🐔🤗), from the FARS humans, from everyone ❤️🐖🐏🐓🐈‍⬛🕊

Is there ANYTHING more uplifting than the beauty & innocence of these animal friendships? 💖🥰

#SundayMorning
#VeganSanctuary
#VeganForThem

Love #TobyPig!

2 people stand close to a large black pig

A large black pig stands happily among a group of sanctuary visitors

#TobyPig LOVES open days 🐗🏡🎉

Just LOOK how at ease our sociable lad is among the crowds! And, of crs, he's always surrounded by friends & admirers 🤗

We're so glad this sweet boy is loved by so many 🥰

#VeganSanctuary
#VeganForHim
#SpringOpenDay
#FriendsNotFood
#FamilyNotFood
#AllLivesArePrecious

Visitors to the sanctuary spend time with a large pink pig

A visitor pats the head of a black pig

It'll be all hands on deck today as we prep for our spring open weekend! 🌷🎉🌞

We're SO looking forward to welcoming everyone – & #BigGeorgePig & #TobyPig are too! 🤗🐷🐗

Tickets are still available, from our website or on the gate 🎟️

BOOK A TICKET www.farmanimalrescuesanctuary.co.uk/product/sanc...

A black pig stands next to a very woolly sheep

A black pig hangs out with a handsome white sheep

Our sociable lad #TobyPig loves to hang out with pals 🤗🐗 Here he is saying hi to #EowynSheep & #MerrickSheep as he takes one of his regular strolls around the sanctuary 👋🐑

#JustLikeUs our animals thrive on friendship, & on the comfort & reassurance of closeness 💖

#VeganForThem
#FriendsNotFood

#TobyPig is a total sweetheart & #JustLikeUs full of idiosyncrasies that make us love him even MORE! 🤗

Unlike our other pigs, he will ONLY eat a banana if we've peeled it for him ☺️

And this expressive lad makes his feelings & requirements ABUNDANTLY clear 👏🍌🐗

#NationalBananaDay
#FriendsNotFood

So glad you saw this pic of your lad #TobyPig enjoying the company of some young visitors 🐗🤗

Hoping so much that you'll be able to come to see Toby this year 🙏🤞

🌱 #VeganuaryForThem 🌱
DAY 9 As a tiny baby #SnowySheep was left to take his chances on a cold winter's night, but found & brought to us 🙏

Life in animal ag is so v harsh, & ends far, far too soon in places of darkness 💔

Try #veganuary for him, for his friend #TobyPig, for them all 🙏 veganuary.com

🌱 #VeganuaryForThem 🌱
DAY 6 #TobyPig was rescued from cruel humans who were throwing him around like a football, heartlessly disrespecting & terrifying this tiny piglet 💔

Pls help to make the world a kinder place for animals like Toby 🥰

Pls try #veganuary for him, for them all 🙏 veganuary.com

I love this picture of #TobyPig 😍🥯🐗💚