But not all urban farmers are as responsible.
Terri Littlejohn is an official with the Prince Georges County, Maryland, government. She is with the Animal Management Division.
In addition to dogs and cats, Ms. Littlejohn says her department is getting more and more calls for farm animal rescues.
“We’ve picked up pigs that are in someone’s backyard, we’ve picked up goats, we’ve picked up chickens, we’ve picked up hens. We’re seeing a lot of animals that have been abused and a lot that have been neglected.”
The animal shelter where she works is not set up for farm animals. So Ms. Littlejohn has been sending animals to a 160 hectare refuge in rural Maryland.
The Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary is for abused and uncared for animals. Littlejohn has just brought pigs to the center. They will live out their natural lives here along with 200 other saved farm animals.
Terry Cummings and her husband Dave established the center in 1996.
Ms. Cummings knows every one of the animals by name.
In addition to the pigs, the refuge is home to other animals urban farmers tried to raise.
“People don’t know all the responsibilities and all the time and money that really goes into properly caring for these animals and it really ends up being an abusive situation for the animals because they don’t have the knowledge or the desire to do it properly.”
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