Pig caught eating neighbours' gardens is stopped by police
Snout of order! Hungry PIG caught munching on neighbours’ gardens is stopped by police and taken to local animal sanctuary
- Ravenous pig spotted eating people’s gardens in Great Yarmouth on Saturday
- Police called to stop animal but thought it ‘seemed a bit harsh to arrest a pig for criminal damage’
- He was later handed into a local animal sanctuary after no owner could be found
Police were called in to apprehend a hungry pig after it was caught ‘munching its way’ through neighbours’ gardens.
Officers were alerted to the mischievous animal, who was causing a nuisance by eating people’s greenery, by residents living in the Southtown area of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, on Saturday morning.
Two officers, PCs Joe Pike and Richard Bladon, were tasked with tracking the hungry hog down and taking him into their care.
The suspect in question: Residents living in the Southtown area of Great Yarmouth alerted officers after a large black pig was spotted ‘munching its way through’ people’s gardens on Saturday morning
Posting on Facebook, Great Yarmouth Police wrote: ‘As an officer, you think you’ve seen it all, but PCs Joe Pike and Richard Bladon had a new experience on Saturday morning (13 August) after they were called to the rescue of a big black piggy munching its way through gardens in the Southtown area of Yarmouth.’
Initial inquiries suggested the pig belonged to someone as a pet, but the owner has not been identified.
Deciding it ‘seemed a bit harsh to arrest the pig for criminal damage’, the officers instead handed the him into a local animal sanctuary.
PCs Joe Pike and Richard Bladon said they were grateful to Hillside Animal Sanctuary for taking the pig in ‘before he turned to bacon in the heat’.
Local heroes: PCs Joe Pike and Richard Bladon said it ‘seemed a bit harsh to arrest the pig for criminal damage’ so handed him into a local animal sanctuary after no owner could be found
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