A potbellied pig led police on a wild chase by a central Pennsylvania city final week earlier than being caught and positioned in an animal sanctuary.
Police had obtained experiences a few wild pig operating free in Lancaster Township for a couple of days earlier than a resident of the Hamilton Park neighborhood referred to as on June 15 to report a porker sleeping beneath a trampoline in his yard.
When officers and animal sanctuary staff tried to seize the apparently exhausted animal, the pig — nicknamed Hamilton by police — bolted and bumped into the road.
“A foot pursuit of the escaped swine ensued, and yes, we see the irony in three cops chasing a pig. As it turns out, Hamilton wasn’t as tired as we thought because we’re fairly certain he’s the fastest pig alive,” Manheim Township police wrote in an announcement. Manheim officers are contracted to do police work in Lancaster.
The pig slipped right into a closed-in yard at a pediatric care facility, the place it was finally penned. It was taken to the Lancaster Farm Sanctuary.
“But we didn’t really like the ham/Hamilton association. We were saying names to him and he actually looked up and then he stood up and took a few steps toward us when we said Gregory so we said, ‘That’s it! It’s Gregory,’” sanctuary official Sarah Salluzzo advised WPMT-TV.
After being neutered and handled for parasites, Gregory will be a part of the 4 different pigs on the sanctuary.
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