Abused farm animals find haven in a Wood County community

Northwest Ohio woman takes in hard-to-place livestock.
RUDOLPH, Ohio (AP) -- Sue Butler hasn't let her lack of knowledge about farm animals stop her from adopting and caring for neglected roosters, goats and a pig.
"I know very little about farm animals," she said. "I'm just learning as I go," she said.
Butler's four acres in northwest Ohio are paradise for unwanted animals.
She first adopted her first farm animal three years ago -- a pig from the Wood County Humane Society. Since then, she's brought in big animals from the humane society, friends and neighbors.
"The pig is one of the more fun animals because I've had him since he was a baby," Butler said. "He'll let me get up close and pet him."
The porker named Cary Grunt now weighs about 1,000 pounds. Butler put up heavy-duty fencing to keep him in the pasture he shares with two llamas and a handful of roosters and hens.
Butler has loved animals since her childhood. Her first animal rescue came when she was a teenager and found a badly injured cat.
Humane societies occasionally get calls about mistreated or neglected farm animals. It's not easy finding them a home. Workers at humane societies said people sometimes buy large animals without understanding how much care they need.
The Humane Society of Ottawa County took in a neglected horse three years ago that later died, office manager Dee Sheppard said.
"The owner was not educated on what the horse needed," Sheppard said. "The horse was really lame and didn't even have enough strength to step into my horse trailer."
Hard work
Butler said it isn't easy taking care of farm animals at her home about 25 miles south of Toledo.
She has replaced her fence several times because her pig has run into it.
The pig spends his days rooting through dirt and grass while a dozen ducks float on a nearby pond. There are cats and dogs, too.
"I have quite a menagerie," she said. "There's just so many more animals to help take care of than just dogs and cats."