New Jersey woman rescues abandoned piglet using cherry danish

COLUMBIA , N.J., March 25 (UPI) -- The director of a New Jersey animal shelter used a cherry danish to lure an abandoned pot-bellied pig to safety after it was found near a truck stop.

Tamala Lester of Barnyard Sanctuary shared a photo of the piglet on Instagram and told of how she was able to lure the animal off of the nearby roadway on Wednesday.

"[Five] minutes after getting home, I get a call of a piglet running loose at the Columbia Truck Stop," Lester wrote. "Passerbys stopped but could not catch her. So I went back out, armed with a cat carrier and a cherry pastry, which was all I had handy."

Lester told NBC New York that she was able to lure the piglet, which she named "Cherry", until it was close enough for her to grab it by the hind legs.

She said Cherry will stay at Barnyard Sanctuary for at least 10 days before being placed up for adoption.