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Medieval books and movies often depict pigs (sometimes goats and poultry) roaming free and unminded in urban streets like housecats are today. Did this actually happen? If so, how did you find them again/identify them? and how did you secure them from theft in a city?

by /u/pizza-flusher in /r/AskHistorians

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