A pair of pesky pigs who gobbled up all the vegetables in a Wantage allotment have had their bacon saved.

A team of four RSPCA inspectors and three members of Oxfordshire County Council's trading standards team rounded up the porkers after enticing them into a trailer with several loaves of bread.

Inspectors took the sow and boar - both Gloucester Old Spots - to their new home in north Wiltshire where they will be kept as pets.

The new owners who are experienced pig-keepers came forward after an RSPCA appeal.

Jo Barr, spokesman for the RSPCA, said: "The pigs were in generally good condition and will be giving up their all vegetable diet in favour of good quality pig meal."

The pair had been making life a misery for allotment holders by pigging out on home-grown vegetables in Stockham Park allotment since October.

The sow was often seen squatting in a nearby barn.

Allotment holder Mick Sutton, 71, said: "We are really pleased everything is back to normal.

"They found one in the barn and one down by the Challow Country Club."

Bob Turner, 72, of Stockham Park, added: "It has been a good job done, we are very pleased.

"We are all ready to go again thanks to the help of the newspapers. We are going to plant peas, potatoes and broad beans, but I think I'll leave the parsnips for the time being in case them come back - but if they come all that way, it will be a long walk."

Liz Challinor, from Oxfordshire trading standards, said: "We arrived early one morning when the pigs were still asleep and placed hurdles around them, creating a small pen for each pig."