Pam Ahern is Founder and Director of the not-for-profit haven for rescued farmed animals Edgar’s Mission. The one-time equestrian champion gave it all up when, in 2003, a tiny piglet, the eminent Edgar Alan Pig, trotted into her life and led her down a path she’d never imagined. With Edgar firmly at its heart, Pam built the sanctuary from the ground up and set in motion outreach programs that would bring farmed animals out of the dark unknown and into public view.
Today the Edgar’s Mission family includes more than 400 rescued farmed animals, each and every one living their best life on the sanctuary’s 153 peaceable acres in Lancefield, Victoria.
Pam is also the proud Australian Ambassador for World Animal Day and was a 2014 Victorian Local Hero Finalist in the Australia of the Year Awards.
Edgar’s Mission’s thought-provoking motto says it all; “If we could live happy and healthy lives without harming others, why wouldn’t?”