Outsiders Farm & Sanctuary Inc

Outsiders Farm & Sanctuary is a loving home for over 450 animals in need, with a focus on rescuing Potbelly Pigs.

Founders, Daniel and Corrine Baker, moved to Georgia in 2015 with their three children Mara, Porter, and Eisley.  Moving to Georgia, the Bakers had already been advocates for environmental and animal welfare issues. Upon arriving and seeing the sheer volume of animal exploitation permitted and so few resources available, it was a huge culture shock and they didn’t know how to help but things were falling into place for Outsiders to come into existence.   It wasn’t until 2018 that the Sanctuary was founded after taking in their first group of pigs when they realized this was their calling and passion. 

Running the Sanctuary day-to-day from animal care, maintenance, all the way to the administrative work is all done by the Bakers. It is a full-family affair. A vegan family farm. Corrine handles all administrative work, veterinary care, and social media. Dan always feeds and waters the animals first thing in the morning and does many building projects, thanks to being a carpenter.  He also does all of the maintenance work around the farm while working a full-time job to support his family and the animals at the Sanctuary.  The children do a wonderful job loving on the animals, helping socialize them, but also put in physical labor when it comes to the gritty cleaning around the farm. All three can also walk you through the process of a spay and neuter procedure as well as properly give vaccines! They are warriors that will change the world! 

Life around the Sanctuary is incredibly busy - and often stressful - but there is so much peace and positive energy when you are doing what you have been called to do... especially when you do it with your family. 

Many People wonder how we have so many pigs in such a short amount of time as a sanctuary.

Here are just a few of the recent cases...

On January 18, 2020 our organization rescued 88 pigs from a horrendous hoarding situation in Upson County, GA.  Many pigs were starved, in need of medical attention, with none of the pigs spayed or neutered, the breeding was out of control.  After being rescued, many of the females delivered litters of piglets.

Due to the Pandemic that began shortly after their arrival, our family of five and a skeleton crew of volunteers have been the only caretakers for these pigs since their rescue. A few lucky pigs have been adopted from the case into loving homes, but today, there are 140 pigs from the Upson pig case residing at our sanctuary.  Pigs can live for up to 20 years and require proper food, shelter, and routine medical care and can require specialty/sick care. Our average annual cost for just the Upson pigs is over $100,000 annually.

June 2022 - Hartwell Hoarding Case.  This hoarding case was a local case for us, in our county, where we took in 33 pigs from a mentally-ill woman who could not properly care for them or keep them from breeding.  The pigs were facing slaughter for food if not rescued immediately.  She was beyond desperate.  Most of the 33 pigs were piglets.  They were not neutered or spayed and were living in cramped filthy and inadequate conditions. Many of the females were pregnant and gave birth to many more piglets after arriving here to the Sanctuary.  A handful of the piggies from this case have been adopted out into loving homes, in addition OFAS neutering and spaying the animals.

June 2022- We were contacted by a concerned sanctuary who had been called by the renter and property owner of a farm near us. The farm had been used as the location for a young sanctuary, but they were being evicted and the pigs needed to leave or would be impounded and sent to auction.

We made contact with the closing sanctuary to see how we could help them keep their piggies safe with networking and temporary housing on our property.

The sanctuary owner had some major life changes and could no longer provide land, shelter, food, or medical care to the 25 + pigs on the property. With the help of some donors, networkers or previous owners who surrendered their pigs to that sanctuary, we were able to offer temporary placement on an undeveloped part of our property to 22 of those pigs.   Unfortunately, after moving the rescued pigs to our property temporarily, the original Sanctuary owner never came back or supported the pigs financially again.  This put an immense amount of work and financial strain on our small team of caregivers but after over a year in our care, we are pleased to report that they are all thriving, those who were not spayed or neutered have been fully vetted. Most are adoptable and all are available for sponsorship. 

We are contacted daily by desperate pig owners in GA and even out of state who can no longer care for their pet pigs.  Our intake is closed until we regain our sustainability through recurring monthly donors. We Need Your Help!  Join our dream team and become a monthly donor!