Oct. 19 (UPI) — Animal control officers in Tennessee rounded up a pair of loose pigs after one of the escaped hogs was spotted running on a highway by a U.S. congressman.
Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Knoxville, tweeted Tuesday morning that he had spotted a loose sow hog on Alcoa Highway in Knoxville and urged his followers to “drive carefully.”
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The Knoxville Police Department said animal control officers were dispatched to the area and ended up rounding up a pair of loose pigs.
“You don’t see this every day,” the department said in a Facebook post.