Halifax police end search for runaway pig after hamming it up on social media

HALIFAX — Police say they believe a wayward pig has made it home after roaming around Dartmouth, N.S.

Halifax Regional Police tweeted on Saturday that the force is ending its search for the owners of a black-and-white pig that was spotted roaming around Dartmouth’s north end.

“We believe he went wee wee wee all the way home,” the force tweeted on Saturday.

The force put out a call on Twitter on Friday asking pig owners to contact police if their pet was missing, adding the hashtag “#ucantmakethisstuffup.”

Some social media users were skeptical about the post’s sincerity, but the official HRP Twitter account assured that while they like to “ham it up,” they were indeed searched the area for the portly animal, but to no avail.

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“(S)urprisingly this little piggy must have gone to a track meet – because we couldn’t catch him,” police tweeted.

Police tweeted on Saturday that after receiving no reports of a missing pig, they were left to conclude that the runaway had wandered its way back home.

The Canadian Press