http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jezebel.com.png http://jezebel.com/tag/hostage http://jezebel.com/tag/hostage A 176-pound, pony-sized pig named Bruce held an Australian woman hostage in her home for 10 days. The pig had been released into the rainforest by Caroline Hayes's neighbors but he quickly wandered over to Hayes's property and claimed the land as his own. Hayes first tended to Bruce's eye and back, which were injured, but Bruce began to get pushy, headbutting Hayes' bedroom door at night, demanding food. Eventually, an animal ranger had to be called in to take Bruce away; he will find a new home at a piggery where he will be saved from the slaughterhouse by doing stud duty. [Reuters]

]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5054054&view=rss&microfeed=true When 85-year-old Leda Smith from Pennsylvania spotted a 17-year-old would-be burglar inside her home, she knew just what to do, "I just walked right past him to the bedroom and got my gun." She then held the boy hostage with her .22-caliber revolver while she made him call 911, and then waited with him, gun ready, until the police came and arrested the boy for attempted burglary and other related offenses. Smith was excited about catching the burglar and hopes that she "broke up the (burglary) ring" that may be connected with a string of robberies in her neighborhood. [CBS News, image via Smith Magazine.]

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