Pig Goes Hog Wild, Ends Up in Pokey

Shelby Township police rounded up an pig, which appears to be happy about about the whole mess – literally – in this photo. (Photos via Shelby Township Police Department Facebook page)

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Shelby Township police were called out Thursday evening on a case of a pig gone hog wild – at least, a photo of the porker in the back of a police cruiser certainly has.

The police department posted the picture on its Facebook page, where it’s gotten hundreds of likes and thousands of shares. Here’s what prompted a 911 call about 7 p.m. Thursday about a pig running amuck in a Shelby Township neighborhood:

A woman told police the pig came barreling toward her while she was doing yard work and chased her into the front yard before – shiny object! – it became distracted by a decorative ball.

Corralling the animal wasn’t exactly like participating in a greased pig contest. “Realistically, the pig didn’t give us much trouble,” Deputy Chief Mark Coil told WWJ/CBS, explaining police used a dog pole, as they would to corral a dog running at large, and were able to “take the pig into custody without any problems whatsoever.”

The pig made a big mess of the patrol car, though.

“Well, lets say the pig either out of excitement or otherwise felt the need to use the back seat of our patrol car as a bathroom,” said Coil, who noted the roundup is a first in his 25-year law enforcement career.

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The pig’s owner cleaned the car after showing up at the station to “bring home the bacon,” police said on Facebook.

Coil said establishing ownership wasn’t that difficult once the pig’s owner called the station and said he thought his missing animal was in custody.

“Not that we have pigs running at large on a regular basis,” Coil we returned him.”

On Facebook, police said of this photo, “Now we know why that pig is smiling in the first pic! LOL.”

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The pig-in-the-pokey caper has also prompted a bring-the-popcorn entertaining discussion on the Shelby Township Police Department Facebook page. Someone thought the errant porker might be Giggles, the pig who’s running for mayor in Flint. You can read more of that below.