An escaped pig went for a rampage through a New York neighborhood and turned out to be a pet belonging to a Buffalo Police Department officer.
Residents on Victor Place, in the Hamlin Park Historic District of Buffalo, said their neighborhood erupted into chaos Wednesday afternoon when the large pig ran through the area and chased locals.
Videos captured by a witness shows animal control and police officers pursuing the porcine perpetrator.
Renita Shadwick’s video features audio of a police officer identifying the pig as his pet, named Breakfast. The officer said the pig had apparently escaped by going under a fence.
Neighbors said the officer eventually captured the pig and took it home.
Buffalo does not have any city laws expressly prohibiting ownership of pigs or other farm animals inside the city.
Breakfast was not the only wayward pig captured in recent weeks — Oinking Acres Farm Rescue & Sanctuary in Brownsburg, Ind., recently wrangled a pig that been on the loose in Indianapolis’ Holliday Park for several days, and had managed to give rescuers the slip during multiple capture attempts.
The sanctuary said the pig will be quarantined, vaccinated and neutered before the next steps for the animal are determined.
