PENOBSCOT (AP) — A Guinea hog that escaped slaughter and is on the lam in the woods of northern Maine is being offered sanctuary — if it can be located.
Peace Ridge Sanctuary on Thursday offered to let the escapee live out its remaining days at the Penobcot facility that’s home to more than 100 animals.
The sanctuary issued a statement saying the pigs are intelligent and social creatures and that this one “deserves to be kept safe from impending harm.”
The 140-pound black guinea hog was headed to the butcher in the town of Woodland when it escaped several weeks ago. The Bangor Daily News first reported the hog’s escape, proclaiming that “This is one northern Maine piggy who most definitely did not want to go to market.”
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- A black guinea hog has been on the loose for several weeks in the Woodland-Perham area after escaping a trailer on the way to market. The wandering porker has been spotted multiple times but so far has eluded capture. According to swine experts, the pig could survive in the wild for years.
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