A pig made a daring escape while being transported to a slaughterhouse after realising that the cage was slightly open.

Smartphone footage captured in Weihai in Shandong, China, shows the owner transporting several pigs in a cage in the back of his pickup truck on March 28.

However, just seconds later, a crafty pig from the group suddenly took advantage of the opportunity and successfully fled the scene.

The clip showed the pig breaking freefrom the cage after realising that the door of the cage was loose and taking a jump before ending up in the middle of the road.

The owner said that he was unaware of the animal'ssneaky escape and only found out when the vehicle behind him accelerated to catch up andalert him to the situation.

He said: 'I didn't know the pig fell off.'

Meanwhile, the Good Samaritan driver, added: 'At the time, the owner didn't know the pig had fallen off.

'After we informed him, he turned around and went back. By then, the pig was leisurely strolling on the road.'