POOLESVILLE, Md., Sept. 14 (UPI) — A daring piglet who jumped out of a moving truck in Pennsylvania to save its own life found a new home at a Maryland animal sanctuary.
Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary shared a photo of Charlotte the piglet who was found wounded on the side of a road.
“A very kind family saw her lying motionless between the white line of the road and the gravel shoulder,” the sanctuary wrote. “On their way to pick up school supplies, they turned around and came back to try to help, while other cars and trucks just whizzed by.”
Charlotte was taken into Adams County SPCA with wounds on her head, legs and chest as well as a temperature of 107.
She initially could not eat or drink on her own, but has recovered as her wounds continue to heal at Poplar Spring.
“She is just starting to run and play,” Poplar Spring director Terry Cummings told The Dodo.
Poplar Spring staff expressed excitement about providing a new home for Charlotte and hope she can get along with another new rescue named Oreo or “Reo” for short.
“We hope that soon she and Reo can be playmates, when he is well and home from the hospital,” they wrote. “Welcome, Charlotte, you will have a wonderful life here!”
