A Swine Time

On March 1, 2023—National Pig Day—Kirkpatrick Foundation hosted a first-of-its-kind symposium, the Oklahoma Conference on the Humane Treatment of Pigs, comprising lawyers, veterinarians, farmers, animal advocates, journalists, students, and philanthropists. This convening was an important leap forward for the future of real animal husbandry in Oklahoma. Speakers included Dr. F. Bailey Norwood (author of Compassion, By the Pound); farmers and advocates Mike Callicrate and Will Harris; former Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson; co-founder of Save the Illinois River, Ed Brocksmith; Tammy Gray-Steele, founder of National Women in Agriculture; and Cru the pig. kirkpatrickfoundation.com

Friends to Pigs (clockwise from above): Allie Jones and Priscilla Forehand; Cru the pig; Tammy Gray-Steele, Alvin Roberts and Pamela Sanford; Mark Essig signing his book, Lesser Beasts; Dr. F. Bailey Norwood; Drew Edmondson and Ed Brocksmith; Sue Ann Arnall; veterinarians Dr. Tom Pool, Dr. Greg Campbell, and Dr. Lesa Staubus.