Bob arrived soon after his best friend did. Kim Gordon, about the same age as Bob, also fell off a transport truck. (Hey, there’s a reason our own Sprig begins his own story tumbling out of a transport truck). When they met they really hit it off, instantly becoming best pals.

The two little pigs grew and grew. Bob loved the pond — he is the pig in the first shots of Farm Sanctuary in the film The Ghosts in our Machine, snorkeling through the water. At sleeping and feeding times, though, it was clear that Bob was very low in the pig-herd hierarchy.

Bob is smallish. He’s also a sensitive soul, which made getting picked on by the alpha pigs pretty hard for him to take. For his own good, he was eventually separated from the herd. Happily, another pig named Eric was also experiencing some social issues. The two sweet misfits, Bob and Eric, now live together.

Bob spends most of the day outside rooting, taking a mud bath, and enjoying the sun. He’s really smart, like most pigs, and has learned to love humans, often running up to the fence to greet visitors.

Bob currently resides at: Farm Sanctuary, the first and largest shelter for farmed animals in the United States. Between its two locations in Watkins Glen, New York and California, it currently houses and cares for more 1000 animals. Donate