GTA police help lost pot-bellied pig get home safe and sound

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Paxton said her partner, Const. Renee Harnack, went to their car, grabbed a strap normally used to restrain to prisoners and fashioned a leash with it.

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“She was able to lasso the little pot-bellied pig so she had it secured,” said Paxton.

Harnack said she’s used that trick with dogs in the past, but she had never encountered a loose pig before.

After neighbours told the officers that the pig belongs to a woman who lives in a nearby home, Harnack tried to lead the animal across the road, she said.

“It went a little bit, but it didn’t really want to walk, so I picked it up,” she said. “It was squealing very loud.”

The pig’s owner was alerted by the noise and came outside.

She told the officers her beloved pet pig’s name is Chanel, and said the animal was a year old, Paxton said.

The owner was then able to pick up the pig in a way that didn’t make it squeal — one hand under its bottom and the other under its chest — and carry it home without issue, Paxton said.

“I can say that in my 20 years, a call with a loose pig wandering around is a first,” said Paxton.

“It’s always something different at work,” Harnack added.

Jessica Smith Cross , The Canadian Press