Kevin Bacon is at the Henderson Animal Shelter until he finds a new home. Photo / Supplied
Kevin Bacon is at the Henderson Animal Shelter until he finds a new home. Photo / Supplied
The fugitive pig which closed an Auckland highway and was on the run for nearly two weeks is now looking to put his life on the run behind him and find a forever home.
Kevin Bacon, who held up traffic at the Te Atatū offramp while evading authorities, is upfor adoption from the Henderson Animal Shelter after ending his rampage earlier this month.
In a Facebook post, Auckland City Council said the young swine was looking for a nice quiet, free-range home to call his own.
“He is slowly warming up to people and will come and take your yummy offerings!”
Anyone who wants to meet the spritely porker is asked to email the shelter and fill out an application form.
The pig brought traffic to a halt on Auckland’s Northwestern motorway on August 1. Photo / Waka Kotahi NZTA
“If you meet the criteria, we will contact you to arrange an appointment to come and meet him,” the post said.
Auckland motorways manager, senior sergeant Scott Cunningham, said Bacon had resisted being caught previously, and clearly was too big and smart for officers to use catch poles.
“Suggestions of destroying the animal were initially seen as the only plan, but Motorways Sergeant Jonny Campbell and Auckland Council’s animal control officer Jade Cathcart persevered with a more humane option,” Cunningham said.
“The first week that the pig was there, me, and I think four other policemen, were just tracking through that bush part and it was near impossible, he just ran straight through.”
