An Escaped Pig Named ‘Breakfast’ Is Attacking Buffalo Residents

Run, Breakfast, run!

By Peter Rapine

Published 1 month ago

For a few hours yesterday, a pig broke free from its pen and went on a rampage in Buffalo, harassing residents and even attacking one woman before it was taken back into custody by its owner, a local police officer. The pig’s name? Breakfast, which makes this incident even funnier.


While it’s no laughing matter that Breakfast attacked a woman while out on a walk, even Renita Shadwick, who spoke to 7 News about her dust-up with the loose pig, couldn’t help but laugh.


In an interview with The Independent, Shadwick said she was walking through Buffalo’s Hamlin Park Historic District when the pig suddenly charged at her, grabbed her by her hair and shook her like a “bag of popcorn.” Shadwick’s first thought was to protect her face from the pig and her second thought was “this is ridiculous — this is a pig on Victor Place, in the city of Buffalo? Where did this come from?”



The pig’s owner, seen on video collecting Breakfast after the attack, claimed the pig likely thought Shadwick was going to feed her because she “[sic] smelled good.”



It’s unclear what fate awaits Breakfast, but if her name is any foreshadowing, nothing good. 

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