9 Adorable Runaway Animals

A 600-pound hog escaped from a farm in Pelham, New Hampshire on the day of the primary and headed straight to the nearest polling station — a local high school.

Police were called to the scene, but the pig wouldn't go quietly. He started poking at police officers but didn't bite or otherwise attack. No word on who he cast his vote for before being recaptured.

A runaway feline reappeared after taking a 1,484-mile, two months long journey from Wisconsin to Naples, Florida.

Nadia, the Russian blue, vanished from her home on a snowy December day and was found in the Sunshine State. Workers at an animal shelter found the cat's microchip and, through a pet relocation service, got hold of owner Cheri Stocker's sister, who had been listed as an emergency contact.

A pony dressed as a unicorn led California Highway Patrol officers on a four-hour chase through the streets of Madera County in February 2016.

The white pony, named Juliet, doubles as a unicorn for photo shoots with her owner, photographer Sandra Boos. While Boos was taking pictures of a group of young children, Juliet made her move.

The CHP tried for almost four hours to catch Juliet, as a helicopter helped track the horse from the air. She eluded all efforts at capture, until Boos' friend rode up on a horse, then she followed the horse into a pen.

Valentine's Day was lonely for this heartbroken elephant who acted out his thwarted crush on nearly 20 cars near a Chinese nature reserve in 2016.

The spurned pachyderm wandered out of the national park and onto a road in Yunnan province and proceeded to smash and dent visitors' cars in a fit of jealousy. There was no estimate of damages, but visitors have been compensated.

In February 2015, the world was transfixed by two llamas that tried to make a run for it while visiting a former llama rancher at a Phoenix retirement home.

Bystanders tried their best to catch the runaways with their bare hands for quite some time, but were unsuccessful. However, one trusty man driving by "the great escape" was able to lasso them using a rope he had on hand.

Laney and Kahkneeta became viral sensations overnight. It wasn't long before they were turned into gifs and even had their own hashtag, #llamadrama. Watch the drama unfold below:

A wayward bovine on its way to slaughter was captured in a parking garage at Archer Avenue and 165th Street in Jamaica, Queens after it went on the run in January 2016.

After officers had cornered it, the animal was corralled and led into a trailer. It was then returned to Archer Halal Live Poultry across the street from the car lot.
The cow's dash for freedom was all for naught, as it was still slated for slaughter.

But all is not lost.

One-year-old Freddie, who is named after Freddie Mercury (Queen/Queens — get it?), will now spend the rest of his days relaxing at an animal sanctuary in New Jersey. He landed this lucky spot after the owner of the Skylands Animal Sanctuary and Rescue drove up to the slaughterhouse and waited all night to plead for the cow's life. The owners agreed, and on the day he was supposed to be turned into someone's dinner he found himself on permanent vacation.

Scared and freaked out. Those were the words a South Florida veterinarian used to describe a 99-year-old woman who awoke to find an exotic animal sleeping on her chest.

The elderly woman woke up one night in January 2016 when she felt what she thought was a cat on top of her. When she opened her eyes, she realized it was clearly not a cat. Veterinarian Don Harris said of the encounter, "When they both got a look at each other, they both freaked out. The lady screamed the kinkajou went into her attic."

A kinkajou, which looks like a monkey but is actually in the raccoon family, is native to Central and South American rain forests.

The woman's daughter and a friend captured the animal and brought it to a Miami animal hospital where its owner eventually picked it up.

In November 2015, a red panda (an animal native to the Himalayas and southwestern China) escaped from the Sequoia Park Zoo in Eureka, California. City officials had launched an extensive search effort. The panda posed no danger to the public, but officials were concerned about its safety. Red pandas are nearly extinct because of deforestation, park officials said.

A few days later, Masala — a young female — was found unharmed and returned to the zoo from which she had escaped.

In November 2014, a 60-pound runaway tortoise disappeared for four days and made it about a half-mile before being captured.

The pet, named Franklin, strayed from his home in Genesee County's Davison Township, Michigan. Owner Chris Breuhan says he was concerned that Franklin might get run over by a vehicle in the rural area — which is roughly 50 miles northeast of Lansing — and was elated the tortoise was spotted by an alert neighbor.

"Nothing will eat him," Breuhan said, noting that: "He's too big."