Mini-pigs that took over Warrington neighborhood returned home

A family of mini-pigs that took over an overgrown lot in a Warrington neighborhood has been returned to their owner.

Kevin Monfreda, supervisor of Escambia County Animal Control officers, told the News Journal on Friday that officers had located the owner of the pigs and directed her to keep the pigs in her yard.

“The owner thought it was OK to let them roam on that property and she was agitated that she could not let her pigs roam,” Monfreda said. “From what she said, they belong to somebody else in Alabama and she will be taking them back there shortly.”

Mini pig takeover:A group of feral mini-pigs has invaded a Warrington neighborhood

The pigs were wrangled up and taken back to the woman’s property off Gulf Beach Highway on Thursday night.

"The pigs, in this case, were not feral pigs," Monfreda said.

Neighbors had reported seeing the pigs wandering around on the street and in people’s yards in broad daylight this week.

A local pig rescue, In Loving Swineness Sanctuary, was prepared to take the pigs into the rescue and get them spayed and neutered if nobody claimed them.  

Annie Blanks can be reached at ablanks@pnj.com or 850-435-8632.