They were once facing irreversible harm or imminent death.
Gerald the rooster, Jen the hen, India and Grace the cows, Sherman the goat, Lilac the sheep, and Jerome, Thor and Rudy the pigs.
But they are all now living high on the hog at a sanctuary in Campo.
The nine are among nearly 50 rescued agricultural animals at Farm Animal Refuge, a nonprofit co-founded two years ago and run by East County natives Jordan Russo and Matt Lieurance.
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With their motto “Let’s save animals together,” Russo, 32, originally from Santee, and Lieurance, 31, of Lakeside, offer a haven for abused, neglected and abandoned animals in the rural backcountry.