{"id":337895,"date":"2026-07-12T21:05:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T21:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/337895\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T21:05:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T21:05:13","slug":"thats-a-first-runaway-pig-wrangled-by-florida-deputies-after-escaping-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/337895\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;That&#8217;s a first&#8217;: Runaway pig wrangled by Florida deputies after escaping trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CLAY COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A runaway pig turned a routine Tuesday afternoon into a high-stakes barnyard hustle, prompting a team of Florida deputies to wrangle the rogue pig.<\/p>\n<p>The wild scene began when a frantic driver called dispatch to report that the pig had busted straight through his trailer near the intersection of US-17 and State Road 220.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies with the <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/search?find=Clay+County+Sheriff%27s+Office\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Clay County Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/a> arrived to find the large, stubborn animal wandering near the brush. Bodycam footage captured the chaotic and incredibly loud bust as the pig let out ear-piercing squeals, resisting a makeshift blue rope leash. <\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/stomach-parasite-sickens-up-to-30-in-florida-as-cases-climb-nationwide-florida-cyclosporiasis-cyclospora-foodborne-illness-cdc-parasite-contaminated-food-contaminated-water-food-safety-florida-health-summer-illness-outbreak-nationwide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Stomach parasite sickens up to 30 in Florida as cases climb nationwide<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It ultimately took a coordinated effort of four people to lift, pull, and nudge the heavy animal back up the trailer ramp.<\/p>\n<p>Once the gate was locked tight, the owner let out a sigh of relief and thanked the deputies. As the dust settled, one responding officer laughed on camera, noting that a pig-wrangling call was definitely a first for them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CLAY COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A runaway pig turned a routine Tuesday afternoon into a high-stakes barnyard hustle,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":337896,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-337895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=337895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/337896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}