It’s
become a familiar and somewhat pastoral sight in the area of Henrico’s Twin
Hickory subdivision — a meandering pig.
Police responded to
Nuckols Road after 8 a.m. on Tuesday to nab the animal that was
running back and forth in the road, said Lt. Shawn Sears, with the
Henrico AnimalProtection Police.
The pig,
which officers cornered off the road, is believed to be the same one that’s
been spotted in the area for weeks, Sears said.
“We were
able to catch him this morning,” Sears said. “He is no longer an issue, thank
goodness.”
Craig A. Forman was
driving into work around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday when he spotted the animal.
At first,
Forman said that from a distance it looked like a dog that police were trying to
catch. Upon closer inspection, he could tell it was not a dog. Forman took
a cellphone video of the police pursuit of the scurrying
pig.
“The cops
were laughing,” said Forman, a managing partner at an insurance company. “It
looked like a pretty good funny scene.”
On their
Facebook page, Henrico police posted video
of the chase and noted that help was on the way to respond to the wayward animal.
“Just
another day at the office,” police said on
Facebook before inviting anyone to honor the latest pig sighting with their own
pig-themed GIFs.
Sears
said police had
been hearing reports for weeks that there was a pig on the loose in the area.
Sears said
the animal is
a neutered male pot-bellied pig. The animal was probably
meant to be someone’s pet that just got loose, Sears said.
Still,
it’s not a very social creature, the lieutenant said. Police tried for
weeks to catch it, but reported sightings covered a broad area. In recent days,
though, the animal has
been spotted in a more specific location, Sears said.
“We had
set up a trap at a place he had been seen and had not had any luck,” Sears
said.
Police were able to
nab the pig in a hilly spot near a fence, Sears said.
“Pigs are
extremely difficult to catch,” Sears said.
Police intend to hold
the animal in
case an owner steps forward to claim the pig. If not, then police plan to place
him with an animal rescue
organization.
Given the
pig’s stand-offish nature, it’s not the kid of animal they would
adopt out, Sears said.
FROM THE DESK OF
ANIMAL RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA
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