Esther the Wonder Pig Weighs
in to Help Out
“TORONTO-
At 6 years old & 650 lbs., Canadian social media sensation Esther the
Wonder Pig is living comfortably on a sanctuary in Campbellville, Ont., where
she likes to take a dip in her kiddie pool to cool off in the summer.
But she does have a back issue that
emerged last fall & hasn’t been diagnosed.
The problem? There hasn’t been a CT
scanner big enough in Canada to fit her-until now.
Steve
Jenkins & Derek Walter who write about their ‘pig- daughter’ experiences in
their new memoir Happily Ever Esther have hit their US $508,000 fundraising
goal to buy Canada’s first large animal scanner for the University of Guelph’s Ontario
Veterinary College.
Jenkins says the Italian-made Pegaso
machine from Epica Medical Innovations is the largest of its kind in the world
& can fit a horse.
The scanner has been delivered to the
college, which has to pay about $500,000 to renovate a room to accommodate it
& get special permits, says Jenkins…
Jenkins & Walter also raised $60,000
more than their goal & plan to put that into a fund to help other
sanctuaries & rescue organizations pay for the cost of using the scanner in
an emergency situation…
With
more than 1.3 million Facebook followers, Esther has attracted fans including
actor Alan Cumming, who wrote the foreword for Happily Ever Esther. He has also
visited Happily Ever Esther Farm Sanctuary, as has comedy star Ricky Gervais.
Happily
Ever Esther, (Grand Central, 2018), the follow-up to Esther the Wonder Pig
(Grand Central, 2016), explains how a friend of Jenkins’ contacted him in 2012
about adopting a so-called micro piglet. Esther was only 5 lbs. at the time
but, to their surprise, grew to be a full- sized commercial pig.
Readers
learn about their struggles to grasp the ins & outs of farm life, how
Esther went through a ‘bratty’ teen phase, & the challenges of being public
figures & running a sanctuary.
The
book, co-written by Caprice Crane, includes ‘Esther approved’ vegan recipes…”
Victoria
Ahearn
The
Canadian Press
The
Gazette, Montreal
July
13/2018
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