The Pima County Sheriff's Department can now add pigs to the growing list of animals that they've wrangled on the job.
Earlier this week, Deputy Cody Bierman and Deputy Nicole Crowson encountered an elderly man being chased down North Sandario Road by a large pig, according a to a department Facebook post.
Bierman jumped in front of the pig, allowing the man time to run to safety. A passerby gave the deputies a tie-down that they fashioned into a leash to wrangle the pig.
The deputies called Wild Hearts Animal Rescue who transported the pig to the Ironwood Pig Sanctuary, the post said.
In 2015, deputies managed to wrangle horses, emus and wallaroos on the loose in town.
