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Kansas City, Missouri, police reunite 'Pearl the Pig' with owners

KCMO found pig
KCMO found pig
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City, Missouri, police solved the caper of a missing pig found near Shoal Creek Parkway and North Harrison Street on Tuesday morning.

The department kept a sense of humor while working to reunite the pig with her owner.

"We realize the jokes we are opening ourselves up to with this; but it’s worth it if we find her owner," KCPD said via the department's official Twitter account.

Officers found the 50- to 60-pound pig, which apparently had a healthy appetite, in the street this morning and sought the public's help to locate an owner via social media around 8:30 a.m.

KCPD provided an update shortly after 11 a.m. that the pig, whose name is "Pearl," had wandered "many blocks" but is "once again in hog heaven with her family."