'Pet' piglet dumped on motorway roundabout on Merseyside Published duration 30 September 2015

image copyright RSPCA image caption Animal collection officer Derek Hampson used bread to coax the piglet out of the bushes

A piglet has been found dumped on a motorway roundabout in Merseyside.

The piglet, which has been named Heidi, was spotted by a member of the public in the middle of junction seven of the M62 at Rainhill on Tuesday.

The Vietnamese pot-bellied and Kunekune crossbreed is thought to be have been a pet and was hiding in bushes when the RSPCA arrived. She is a few weeks old.

Officers used food to coax her out before she was taken to a specialist rescue centre in Yorkshire.

'Strange place'

Animal collection officer Derek Hampson said: "The roundabout is in the middle of a huge motorway junction and there is no way she would have been able to have got there on her own.

"We do believe she was dumped there because it is such a strange place for a piglet to be.

"Many people take on pigs as pets without realising how difficult they can be to care for."

image copyright RSPCA image caption The piglet has been named Heidi after being found on a roundabout in Rainhill