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Watch: Escaped pig leads police and neighbors on a wild chase through Louisville

As officers arrive, a bystander can be seen running alongside the pig, between the animal and a busy road

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The Louisville Metro Police Department in Kentucky on Thursday released video of a pair of officers chasing a large pig that was on the loose last month.

Body-worn camera video shows officers with LMPDโ€™s 6th Division responding to a report of a pig running loose in a residential neighborhood shortly after 5 p.m. on June 29. As officers arrive, a bystander can be seen running alongside the pig, between the animal and a busy road.

โ€œWe tried using a hobble as a leash but our new friend wasn't having it,โ€ police wrote alongside the video on Facebook. โ€œNeighbors even pitched in to help us with the chase! Everyone fell down, everyone laughed... ahhh, good times.โ€

โ€œHeโ€™s one of us,โ€ an officer can be heard saying in the video. โ€œJust a couple of pigs chasing a pig.โ€

Eventually, the pig ended up in a backyard where officers were able to use a dog pole to snare the animal. The pigโ€™s owners brought a large dog crate to transport it away.

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