Pig rescued from swimming pool in Hampshire



A huge pig was rescued from a garden swimming pool in Hampshire after falling in.

The animal, named Pigwig, fell into the pool in upmarket neighbourhood Ashley in Ringwood.

It had escaped from its home nearby and residents called rescuers after spotting it splashing about in their pool, the Daily Mail reports.

Dorset Fire & Rescue Service said: "At 16:50 the service received a call to a pig stuck in a swimming pool.

"One crew of firefighters from Ferndown and a specialist animal rescue unit from Poole were mobilised to this incident. Once in attendance, the crew secured the pig with strops, and requested the attendance of another appliance which was mobilised from Ringwood, by our colleagues in Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service.

"The crew rescued the pig from the swimming pool using specialist animal rescue slide boards, strops and lines to haul it from the swimming pool."

The Independent reports that Pigwig survived the ordeal after a 30-minute rescue operation.



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