400 Lb Pig Named 'Rosalia' Roamed Tucson On Monday Before Being Caught

TUCSON, AZ — A 400 lb pig named Rosalia escaped her enclosure in Tucson early Monday morning and was corralled through teamwork from construction workers and Pima County Animal Protection Service officers, but only after she took a stroll down South Campbell Avenue.

Rosalia's owners did not know that keeping a pig inside the Tucson city limits was against city code, but had already arranged for her to be taken outside the city before she escaped her pen on Monday, Pima Animal Care Center said in a Facebook post.

Around 6 a.m. Monday, construction workers noticed Rosalia trying to cross the road in the 5000 block of South Campbell Avenue.

They called police and then used a tractor to try to corral her near a bus stop at the intersection of South Campbell Avenue and East Wyoming Street. Soon police and an Animal Protection Service officer arrived to help get control of Rosalia and to help the owners load her up to be transported outside the city.

"Big shout out to the construction workers for their quick thinking, the officers for assuring public safety, and the owners for taking action to resolve the issue in a timely manner!" Pima Animal Care Center said in its Facebook post.

The only exception to Tucson's law against raising pigs inside the the city limits is for purebred Vietnamese pot belly pigs, according to the care center.