Jolene was part of a criminal neglect and cruelty case in Washington State that was prosecuted and won in 2018. The entire family was starving while living in a mixture of filth and excrement. OMI partnered with Pasado’s Safe Haven to help bring every animal to safety that day, and the abusers were taken to trial and convicted. OMI brought eight pigs to safety that day, including Jolene and Ramblin’, who was presumed to be her partner, and their children: Thug Muffin, Black Betty, Sweet Tea, Sideways, Rambo and Riggle.
Jolene survived a very serious spinal infection in 2020, which was successfully treated by the University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center. She is a dominant alpha female in her herd of pigs, and she lives here with her family in the Northwest Neighborhood.
