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Nov. 10, 2020 / 10:57 AM

Pennsylvania police capture pig wandering loose in road

On 11/09/20 troopers from PSP-Newport received a report of a pig on the road. Troopers located the pig but no owner. Troopers lured the pig in close, wrapped it in a blanket, and placed it in the back of their vehicle. Short & Curlies Animal Rescue & Sanctuary then took the pig pic.twitter.com/Nm2WD3I2aU— Troopers Ammerman, Smith, & Myers (@PSPTroopHPIO) November 10, 2020

Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Pennsylvania State Police said a loose pig found wandering on a road was safely rounded up by troopers, but its origins remain unknown.

Troopers from the state police's Newport station were dispatched Monday night on a report of an animal wandering loose in a roadway.

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The troopers lured the pig to them and safely apprehended the animal.

"They then wrapped the pig in a blanket (see what we did there?) and placed it in the back of their vehicle," state police tweeted.

Police said they are now trying to find the owner of the pig, which was taken to the Short & Curlies Animal Rescue and Sanctuary in New Bloomfield.

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