At Good Life Refuge, a farm animal sanctuary north of Longmont, animals get everything they need to live safe, happy lives.
One of these animals is Juniper, a Yorkshire pig. Weighing roughly 500 pounds, Juniper spends her days lazing in the shade and bonding with her farm animal friends.
Juniper’s path to the sanctuary wasn’t easy. After being raised on a factory farm, she was almost slaughtered and served at a church hog roast — when the roast was canceled, Juniper found a new home at Good Life Refuge, according to Nicole Brecht, Good Life Refuge’s executive director.
In her five years at the sanctuary, Juniper has gone from being “completely shut down” and “terrified of humans” to loving her life, Brecht said…