--- 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. title: Animal Control Lures 600-Pound Pig Home With Cheetos and Doritos image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb94bd94deb4587a/6988d4a3fb4eac50ae892c9d/escaped-pig.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Animal Control Lures Escaped 600-Pound Pig Home With Cheetos and Doritos  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Jul 6, 2017 5:01 PM CUT  Pig on a farm Pig on a farmAlex Raths/Getty Images/iStockphoto  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Jul 6, 2017 5:01 PM CUT 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 "undefined") 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 "undefined"). 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) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4847137/escaped-pig-cheetos-doritos/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4847137/escaped-pig-cheetos-doritos/"},"headline":"Animal Control Lures Escaped 600-Pound Pig Home With Cheetos and Doritos","datePublished":"2017-07-06T17:01:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:45:10.312Z","description":"Talk about pigging out","url":"https://time.com/4847137/escaped-pig-cheetos-doritos/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","Bizarre","pigs","Weird News"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb94bd94deb4587a/6988d4a3fb4eac50ae892c9d/escaped-pig.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb94bd94deb4587a/6988d4a3fb4eac50ae892c9d/escaped-pig.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Pig on a farm","caption":"Pig on a farm","creditText":"Alex Raths/Getty Images/iStockphoto","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4847137/escaped-pig-cheetos-doritos/","name":"Animal Control Lures Escaped 600-Pound Pig Home With Cheetos and Doritos"}}]}] ```