Sanctuary Stories
From Kill Pile to Piglets of Pride
At Woodstock Sanctuary, Marsha and Harvey get a chance to live at a place where they will inspire thousands to live more kindly
Before Marsha and Harvey became Marsha and Harvey, they were just two tiny, nameless piglets, doomed for death on what Rachel McCrystal describes as a “kill pile,” at an auction house in Pennsylvania. McCrystal is the executive director at Woodstock Sanctuary in New York State, where she and her team care for nearly 400 animals saved from the food industry (plus one llama), and host more visitors than any other single-location sanctuary in the country. It’s also where Harvey and Marsha are now, safe and sound.
Woodstock Sanctuary prides itself on having multiple missions, not only focusing on animal advocacy and promoting veganism, but also, as McCrystal says, “marching in alliance with other social justice movements.” This includes having a diverse board of directors, collecting food donations for people in need, and marching in Pride parades, “to do our little part to make this movement a little more inclusive,” she says. So…
