Dominic waited for every visitor to exit the pigpen, expecting to be petted. After this was taken, though, Dominic tried to get out the gate, so Tim pushed him against the fence with his leg, which got all muddy. Then Dominic got mud all over the camera that Tim was using and lens filter. I guess he really wanted out.

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The Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary is a 400-acre nonprofit refuge in Poolesville, Maryland, that offers care, rehabilitation and permanent sanctuary for neglected, abused or abandoned farm animals as well as providing a protected habitat for wildlife. They promote compassion and the humane treatment of all animals by educating the public on farm animal and wildlife issues.

A husband and wife team along with 100 volunteers and 8 staff care for more than 300 rescued farm animals, each with a name and a story of their rescue, and most of them quite friendly to humans. They’ve been in operation for 21 years, receive no public funding and survive only on donations.

For more information on the refuge, go to http://www.animalsanctuary.org

Burt the guinea hog, posted earlier: