Facebook user Sherryle Lee sent in this picture of a large pig evading captors on Hobsonville Road.

A large pig has eluded captors after going on the lam in West Auckland.

Facebook user Sherryle Lee posted to the Stuff.co.nz Facebook page just after 11 on Thursday morning to say a porker was on the loose on Hobsonville Road in the suburb of Hobsonville.

She said bystanders had been trying to round up the road hog but had not had any success.

Sherryle Lee/Facebook The pig wanders down Hobsonville Road in West Auckland.

It appeared the animal had been on the loose since earlier that morning.

Auckland Council's Animal Management Manager Tracey Moore said a member of her team had been on a pig hunt since 9.45am, when they recieved a call from police communications.

"An Animal Management Officer went out to investigate, and patrolled the surrounding area thoroughly. The officer did not see any uncontained pigs," she said.

The curly-tailed caperer also eluded a Fairfax Media photographer, who could find no trace of it.

Several businesses in the area said they had not seen hide nor chinny chin chin hair of the pig.