One by one they tumbled out, squealing and wriggling from the grasp of SPCA and Humane Society agents.
In all, 38 Vietnamese potbellied pigs of all sizes and colors were herded out of Phyllis Frisbey's dusty, weed-covered single-story home in Lake View Terrace and hauled away by animal welfare officers Thursday.
After an anonymous caller squealed on Frisbey to an animal cruelty hot line operated by the SPCA, Los Angeles County health department officers checked out the manure-filled house and declared it unfit for pigs to live in, said Madeline Bernstein, executive director of the Los Angeles SPCA.
Frisbey was not cited for any criminal offense, but she will be if she continues to shelter pigs at the house without securing a special permit, Bernstein said.
