Upon their arrival, officers and SPCA officials found several pigs actually frozen to the ground, and many pigs that could barely walk. Water troughs were empty or frozen solid and the pigs were huddled in groups in the middle of snow and ice covered fields.

Of the one hundred and twenty-eight pigs, nine had to be euthanized immediately due to horrible frostbite and severe illness due to exposure and lack of water. One hundred and nineteen pigs were removed from the farm, of which five died within a few days. Because of the large number of pigs involved, local farmers were asked to foster them, until a hearing could be set to arraign the farmer on cruelty and neglect charges.

...After giving each pig a thorough health check upon their arrival, we [Farm Sanctuary] found they were suffering from severe mange, abscesses and skin wounds, ear infections, diarrhea, stomach bloating and other ailments - some of the pigs have been taken to a veterinary clinic and the others are receiving 24 hour care and treatment at our sanctuary.