Around 3,000 piglets were involved in a highway crash when a semi overturned on an Illinois highway, causing the animals to either get loose or need rescuing from the damaged trailer.
The Illinois State Police warned drivers to use caution after the little pigs got loose on eastbound I-70 near mile marker 127 in Effingham, Illinois, on the morning of Friday, March 22.
“I-70 travelers between Casey and Greenup use caution,” the Illinois State Police said.
“Troopers are on scene assisting with corralling the livestock,” they added.
Aerial cameras captured footage of crews rounding up the escaped piglets and removing ones that were trapped in the truck.
Woman Holds Pet Slumber Parties at Animal Shelter
An Arizona woman is sacrificing her comfort by having Saturday night sleepovers at an animal rescue shelter, in the hopes that it will get the animals adopted faster.The Epoch Times reported that Melissa Gable, PR Manager for Foothills Animal Rescue on Scottsdale, near Phoenix, has been spending her Saturdays sleeping at the shelter and posting videos of the experience on the YouTube channel: Shelter Pet Slumber Party.
“My hope is that, eventually, people will start watching them and seeing the videos and sharing them and come and adopt the dogs,” she said.
Gable said the videos might show people how the cat or dog might act in a home environment, and how they might be used to sleeping on a bed with a person or in close contact with another animal. Each pet has a different preference and personality.
“It’s something that I really enjoy. A lot of people have kind of said I’m crazy for doing that … but as soon as I got here and saw the animals, then I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else but here.”