Arkansas residents say hog named 'Piggy Pig' is damaging neighborhood property

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Residents of an Arkansas neighborhood said a hog is destroying their property and they want the city to move it out of their neighborhood.

We don’t know where he came from," Stephen Lawson said. "We know they caught one about 400 pounds about a mile from here. I guess they got loose from some farm around here. I don't know."

Neighbors in the Pine Bluffs area said they wanted the hog to "leave and go somewhere else."

One neighbor said the hog attempted to dig up the family's dog that was buried in the backyard and ruined one of her patio chairs.

Another neighbor said he was frustrated that the hog had caused damage on and along his fence.

I have to work 8 hours and then come home and see what a hog did to my property," the neighbor said.

Lawson said the hog had been in the neighborhood for the past four months and that he and other neighbors contacted Pine Bluff Animal Control with no success in getting anyone to take care of the issue.

Finally, we called the mayor’s office last week and they showed up this morning to put a trap over in a vacant lot over here," Lawson said. "They said if they can't catch him in the trap, they're going to tranquilize him."

Pine Bluff Animal Control said that once they catch the hog, they'll release it to the agriculture department at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.

Lawson said he's grown to like the pig and might go visit "Piggy Pig" once he's relocated.

I'd like to go see Piggy. I'll take him a loaf of bread every now and then," Lawson said.