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A pig was awaiting pickup by the Antler Ridge Wildlife Sanctuary for transport to a Sussex County farm until its owner could be located Monday morning. The pig fell off a truck on Route 80 West's ramp to Route 287 around 6 a.m.

(Photos by Morris County Park Police)

PARSIPPANY — That'll do, pig. That'll do.

Morris County's Office of Emergency Management described a pig that got loose on Route 80 Monday as weighing 500 pounds.

No one was hurt and no damage was done when a pig escaped from its crate aboard a truck taking the ramp from Route 80 west to Route 287 Monday morning, State Police said.

But when the pig got into the roadway around 6 a.m., it blocked traffic as animal control officers and other authorities tended to the incident, State Police said.

The Morris County Park Police, the county Office of Emergency Management and Parsippany Animal Control all responded, according to the OEM. It described the pig as 500 pounds.

The pig was snared, and a lead rope was placed on it, according to the OEM. It was then taken in a Morris County Park Police trailer to Fosterfields Living Historical Park in Morris Township, the OEM said.

Monday morning, it was awaiting pickup by the Antler Ridge Wildlife Sanctuary for transport to a Sussex County farm until the owner could be located, according to the OEM.

"Pig must have squealed to 911!" "Mark Competello wrote on the county OEM's Facebook post about the incident.

"I'm adding pig wrangler to my resume," wrote Karl Klingener, whose most current resume likely leads off describing him as the county OEM deputy coordinator. "He is a Christmas miracle pig for not getting killed during a foggy, rainy rush hour!"

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