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Rescue Group Leads Effort as One Lancaster County Pig Is Caught and Another Still Roams Golf Course

Eastern Snouts is coordinating humane capture efforts, asking neighbors to let trained teams handle it.

Overview

  • Manor Township police reported two potbellied pigs on the loose, and rescuers say one has been captured as trapping continues for the other near Conestoga Country Club.
  • Golf course staff and neighbors have encountered the remaining pig for months, noting dug-up turf and trenches and at times guiding it off sensitive areas by golf cart.
  • Volunteers have deployed feeding stations and fenced enclosures, with a local resident offering a backyard setup and a helper using a trail of Cheerios as a lure.
  • Rescuers urge the public not to feed or chase the animal to prevent interference with the capture plan and to keep both people and the pig safe.
  • Eastern Snouts is also addressing a separate stray in Manheim Township, reports roughly 40 similar cases this year in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and has rehoming arranged with a farm sanctuary and foster placements once captures are completed.