Caithness wild boar sparks Police Scotland appeal for help tracing its Highland owner
Police have appealed for help reuniting a plucky porky with their owner after it went on the run in Caithness.
Officers in the county are “urgently trying to trace the owner” of a wild boar cross domestic pig that was captured after being on the loose.
A police spokesperson said: “We are urgently trying to trace the owner of a wild boar cross domestic pig that has been captured after being on the run loose in Caithness recently.
“We need to identify the owner to return the beast to them as soon as possible, and by the morning of Monday, December 9.
“If this is your boar, please call us on 101 quoting ‘incident reference 1337 of Thursday, December 5’.”
The appeal comes just days after a wild boar on the run near Bilbster, presumably the same plucky porcine, was filmed on video happily munching away on food it had discovered.
A little later another sighting spotted the hungry hog munching his way through compost bins at Watten Hall.
Police did not say if it was the same pig as in their appeal.
A wild boar cross domestic pig has been captured in Caithness after being on the run. We need the owner to come forward so we can reunite you. If this is yours, please contact us on 101 before the morning of Monday 09/12/2024 quoting incident ref 1337 of 05/12/2024 pic.twitter.com/jJnC7JqxtJ
— Police Scotland North Highlands (@PSOSNorthHigh) December 6, 2024
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