Escaped pigs wrangled as school kids cheer

Sept. 19 (UPI) -- A pair of pigs on the loose for two days in a British Columbia city were wrangled after a prolonged chase before an audience of cheering elementary school students.

The pigs, which had been wandering the neighborhoods of West Kelowna for at least two days, were spotted Wednesday near Mar Jok Elementary School, leading police, animal control and multiple rescue groups to respond.

"We ended up catching the first pig really easy in the field. It actually went very smooth and we got him in the van, but the other little guy, he was out. So probably about 30 minutes of up and down the hills, we ended up getting him in the corner of a yard with a bit of fencing that had broken," Jacenda Byer of Petra's Pawdicures told Castanet.

Faith Affleck, owner of Star's Piggly Wiggly Sanctuary, said the watching elementary school students were clearly on the side of the pig.

"They were cheering hard for him to 'Go, piggy, go,'" she said.

The pigs are being cared for at Star's Piggly Wiggly Sanctuary while officials attempt to identify their owner.