Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Jan. 9 (UPI) -- A Florida sheriff's office said deputies responded to a neighborhood to round up an unusual escaped pet -- a pig. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post that deputies were called to a Tampa neighborhood where residents reported spotting a pig running loose near their homes. Advertisement "When deputies arrived, they saw the pig wandering around several yards, often nearing the roadway," the post said. After a chase that lasted only "several minutes," the deputies were able to catch the pig and place it in the back of a patrol vehicle. The small pig, a local resident's pet, was reunited with its owner. Read More 2.8-mile line of fresh-baked bread breaks world record in Mexico Police chase loose goat through Utah city for over an hour 15-foot Burmese python spotted crossing Florida road