Pet pig returned to Pa. couple by town officials

FOLSOM, Pa. (AP) - April 18, 2011

Steve the Vietnamese micro potbellied pig was reunited with Brian Maguire and Bernadette Broadhurst on Friday. Broadhurst says a Ridley Township commissioner personally delivered the stray swine, days after he'd been taken to a farm by police.

Maguire said Steve had apparently escaped from his yard for a stroll and disappeared. When he checked with police to see if Steve had been spotted, Maguire said he was told the animal was found but sent to a farm because of a ban on keeping farm animals.

Maguire said feared for the 6-pound, 10-week-old pig's safety in a farm setting.

A Facebook group the couple set up following Steve's disappearance garnered about 2,000 supporters.

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