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... ~ • ~ <br />t • \ f~p,. <br />r` ~ "' DEAN L. MOENTMAN, DV M. <br />~ . ~. <br />~i. ~'~' ~ ~ OSPITAI 595-QQ87 <br />.. ~ ~ ;~ ~ H <br />! ~ ~~ EAGENEY 530-9471 <br />. _ EM <br />5 <br />of <br />1340Q U1AlSINGNAM ROAD • lAAGO, FIOAIDA 34644 <br />Nov• 22, 1991 <br />q'o whom it may concern, <br />Tile issue of keeping a Vietnamese Fbt-13e1].ied Pig <br />as a pet i.n one's home }ias become somew}iat of a controversy <br />because of opposing facts. While it is true that it is.a <br />p.~p, i.ts sma17. size at~ci cleanti.r~ess allow it to be kept <br />inside as a pet. <br />I-t would seem to me t}iat for ocie to take the approach <br />that a pi.g is a pig i s a pig is somewhat narrow-tninddd. <br />}~iaving been raised on a farm iti the mid-westy,allowed me <br />• to see bath sides of t}ie coin. nn' one hand~~,a].though my <br />sister at~d l were raised with tame pigs and:•'~pet runts, it <br />was obvious t}iat because ~f t}ie size that they would one <br />day become that t}iey would never live in my father's house <br />as pets. 'P}iey were livestock. <br />On the other hand. the Pot-Bellied pig, because of its <br />small size, is born and raised, i~n.this country, with <br />humans and wit}-in their homes.. Tree literature supports <br />that •t}iey are less "dangerous" from a di.eease stand-' <br />point than dogs and cats. They can be litter trained <br />and never be accused of fertilizing someone else's <br />yard as canines often are accused. <br />. In my opinion these are domestic pets rather than <br />domestic livestock. A distinction between the two should <br />be made and based on breed registration and maximum <br />permiasable size. In residential se~t~ti.ngs, numbers per <br />household s}iould be limited and neutering mandated. They <br />• are certainly siai.ted a.s tinuse}cold pelts and although some <br />individuals may tl~i.nlc i.~t strange, keeping Pot-Bellied pigs <br />