Firefighters Save Pig's Bacon After Pool Plunge
A crew is scrambled as the animal, named Pigwig, tries to hog a swimming pool at a home in Hampshire.
Firefighters have been called to the rescue of a pig after it got stuck in a swimming pool.
The animal, called Pigwig, fell into the pool at a house in Avon Castle Drive, Ashley, near Ringwood, Hampshire.
A crew of firefighters were scrambled from Ferndown on Thursday afternoon.
Also on hand was a specialist animal rescue unit from Poole.
A second fire engine was also dispatched by the 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 the pig from the swimming pool," a Dorset Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said.