Layla’s Rescue Ranch is dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation, and lifelong care of pigs — including seniors, special needs, and misunderstood individuals — while promoting education, advocacy, and compassionate living to create a world where all pigs are valued and respected.
Gina is a full-time school teacher whose compassion and advocacy for animals naturally extends far beyond the classroom.
Gina shares her home with nine indoor cats, cares for multiple outdoor cats, and is proudly surrounded by her beloved pig companions. Her life is rooted in ethical care, responsible stewardship, and a commitment to animal-centered values.
As a dedicated vegan and lifelong advocate, Gina believes deeply in elevating the standard of care, respect, and representation for farm animals everywhere. Gina also dedicates herself to develop new strategies to expand rescue impact and community involvement.
When Gina is not around pigs, she enjoys traveling and spending time with family and friends.
Anna lives right here at LRR, where she handles the daily, hands-on care of all the sanctuary residents and rescues.
From medical support and forever-home transports to catching loose pigs, building pig-proof enclosures, and offering local hoof trims—Anna's all in. Anna likes to say that she's addicted to piggin’. To Anna, piggin’ is a deep, joyful, unstoppable passion for helping pigs in any way… and she wouldn’t have it any other way.
When she's not out in the fields or barns, you’ll find her providing physical therapy services to children with disabilities and developmental delays. Anna works with toddlers all day & come home to many toddlers which she finds so much fun!
And of course—between sessions—she's usually piggin’.
Join Anna. Ask her about piggin’. She talks with pigs all day long.