Feb. 24 (UPI) — An Alabama family are attempting to evict an unwanted squatter from their property: a potbellied pig that has taken up residence in their yard.
Jamie Watt said the pig turned up on his property Jan. 16 and has refused to leave, despite Watt’s efforts to chase it away.
He said the approximately 100-pound hog has ripped up his grass and made itself a bed in his garden.
“I just want him gone because I know what kind of destruction they can do, but I can’t get rid of him,” Watt told WKRG-TV. “I guess he’s finding plenty to eat around here because he just won’t leave.”
Watt said he doesn’t want to harm the pig, and local animal control said they can’t do anything about the pig until its owner is identified.
“I have tried to find the owner and cannot find the owner, and we just want him gone,” Watt said.
He said he is hoping the pig’s owner will come forward, or someone else will give the pig a new home.
“His rent’s due, and he needs to go,” Watt said.