--- title: Escaped Pig Lured Home With Cheetos and Doritos description: After a 600-pound pig and her piglets escaped from a barn in Cedar Park, Texas, animal control lured them home with Cheetos and Doritos. canonical: https://time.com/4847137/escaped-pig-cheetos-doritos/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-06T17:01:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T09:22:03.712Z og:title: Animal Control Lures 600-Pound Pig Home With Cheetos and Doritos og:description: Talk about pigging out og:url: https://time.com/4847137/escaped-pig-cheetos-doritos/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb94bd94deb4587a/6988d4a3fb4eac50ae892c9d/escaped-pig.jpg?branch=production&width=518&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 518 og:image:height: 291 og:image:alt: Pig on a farm og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Animal Control Lures 600-Pound Pig Home With Cheetos and Doritos twitter:description: Talk about pigging out twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb94bd94deb4587a/6988d4a3fb4eac50ae892c9d/escaped-pig.jpg?branch=production&width=518&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Animal Control Lures Escaped 600-Pound Pig Home With Cheetos and Doritos > Sponsored content. 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[Watch (HLS stream): Should I Eat Pork?](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/pApjZewf.m3u8) (1:56)  _Published 2015-05-13. Should I Eat Pork?_  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jul 6, 2017 5:01 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jul 6, 2017 5:01 PM UTC After a roughly [600-pound](https://www.upi.com/Odd%5FNews/2017/07/06/Officers-lure-escaped-pigs-with-Doritos-and-Cheetos/5781499344313/?utm%5Fsource=sec&utm%5Fcampaign=sl&utm%5Fmedium=6) female pig and her piglets escaped from a barn in Cedar Park, Texas, Friday morning, animal control turned to the only foolproof method of ensuring their safe return — luring them home with Cheetos and Doritos. The loose pigs made it about a mile before they were spotted poking around in the mud of a backyard in the nearby Ranch Trails neighborhood and animal control officers Lacey Clemons and Amber Smith were called to the scene, police told [CBS Austin](http://cbsaustin.com/news/local/cedar-park-police-lure-escaped-pigs-back-home-using-cheetos-doritos). The pair then used bags of the salty snacks to bait the family out into the open. But while the piglets were still small enough to be transported in their patrol vehicle, the officers lacked the necessary equipment to transport the large-and-in-charge mama pig. Luckily, her owner showed up just in time to escort her back alongside Smith. > [](https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/881273713248927744) ## Transcript This little piggy went fo market. But does that mean you should take it home? We asked five experts to answer the tough question and most of them gave you permission park pork on your plate but with a lot of caveats. A lean cut like pork tenderloin is actually as lean as a chicken breast, says Kate Patton. A typical three ounce serving of pork has more than 20 grams of protein. And it's rich in vitamins and minerals. It's one of the best sources of zinc. With 17 % of your daily recommended intake in every three ounce serving. It also has vitamin B12, a hard to get nutrient that maintains healthy red blood cells in the body, says Christy King. But there's more to our food than just nutri- Nutrition says David Catz. Pigs are smarter than the average dog. So, raising them in factory farms and putting them on our plate while treating Fido as family doesn't really make much sense, he says. You can eat pork says, Orvagie Rangdon, but a 2013 consumer reports investigation found concerning number of antibiotic resistance strains of bacteria on the pork it's studied. Overusing antibiotics lessens the effectiveness of these drugs for all of us she says. Make sure to cook pork properly to kill off pathogens. If you want to buy better produced pork, look for labels reading organic, global animal partnership or animal welfare approved, she says. And no fall for the no hormones added. And label. Legally, hormones aren't even allowed in pork production. So, what's the bottom line on swine? Barry Estabrook was so fascinated by pork and pigs that he wrote a new book called Pig Tales. He concluded that pork is either the worst meat you can eat from pretty much any perspective or the very best, he told us. It all depends on how it's raised, so make sure to find out before picking pork. 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