Highway 'Boar-01': OPP save bacon of lost pig near Maitland, Ont.
![401 pig OPP officers rescued a pig found wandering along Highway 401 south of Ottawa Sunday, July 2, 2023. (OPP/Twitter)](/content/dam/ctvnews/en/images/2023/7/2/401-pig-1-6464794-1688312844343.jpg)
Ontario Provincial Police gave a "piggyback ride" to a lost pig found along Highway 401 in Maitland, Ont., south of Ottawa.
In a pun-filled tweet, police said officers picked the little guy up before a "ham-bulance" needed to be called.
"He couldn’t say where he came from, must have ham-nesia," the tweet said.
A passing driver spotted the pig along the highway at around 7:20 a.m. Sunday, OPP Const. Dave Holmes tells CTV News Ottawa in an email.
The individual stuck around while two other officers, Provincial Constables Moore and Callighen, could attend with rope and a leash and keep it away from the busy highway.
Holmes originally said he and his family will be keeping the pig for now until a permanent owner can be found, but in an update posted to social media, police said the pig was "re-rescued" by a fellow OPP officer.
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