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Flee The Yotbell~l'ig <br />• <br />• <br />Love Knows No Boundaries - -- <br />(503) 345-PI~S~ <br />ar u,r nnanall~nl. •~~rr••+ Ibr r„auh~, wal <br />Ihr c11Y a..Jr he .c.icrd 1„ a14.r 1 ho 1'I' I~mrar <br />Iti.IM11MA 1'1!a In M 1rp1 n <br />3. <br />t2.. <br />t3. - <br />14. . <br />15. . <br />16. . <br />17 . <br />18 <br />19. <br />20. <br />21. <br />22. <br />23. <br />24. <br />25. <br />~nrroiuai.s <br />f:ugrnc, Oregon, Saturday, Afarch 10, 199Q <br />1~llow mini-pigs <br />ebsler's deflne~ "peC' -~ "a Breeders nnd'polenllal owners of <br />h <br />s <br />81 <br />W domesticated animal kept for <br />pleasure rather than utility." the•elly's <br />revLse <br />Con ell to <br />f eld CIt <br />entmtil code to allow the pigs Inside <br />That's a perfect detlnlQon for a par- <br />Ilevlar kind of domesticated animal ' <br />the Illy Ip analog commlsslon0.lo look <br />- the Vietnamese potbellied plg• - <br />lhel Springfield's city code prohibits <br />lalo the request and report hark. <br />within the elty IImILg. In It9 review, the planning cam- <br />mLsslon -end ultimately the Clty <br />The code should br changed. Council -should focus on distln- <br />-- It's understandable, even deslr- <br />t Ne elty ~ranl4 to ben swine <br />th gulshing between term enimela and <br />p~~c. By almost any rational Standard. <br />a <br />_ abte, <br />used for food. Sloppy pig sties and <br />squealing "bacon hogs" should <br />r <br />e <br />l the Vlelnamese pips are pets. They <br />aren't ilvrstock and they aren't raised <br />, <br />a <br />g <br />be confined to rural areas. Dul the (or food. Their price alone will keep <br />-• Vletnemese minialures ere pets oot them from runoing amok Throughout <br />food hogs. From what v:e've hero <br />they are no morn, of a <br />able to discern Springfield. Nol many owners of n <br />f5,000 pal will let II run wlid. And the <br />, <br />neighborhood nulc~nre than dogs or minlature pigs don't need sties; Ibey <br />Cats - In fart. They ere usually far need Iltter laxesa. <br />"--' less of a nulsnnce. This obviously fsn't the mast Im• <br />'•"- Owners of the pothelllr.A pigs portanllcsuefecingspringtleld'sdecl- <br />Bul Il b an example of <br />lop makers <br />pralse Ihelr Inlelilgrnce, cleanllnra <br />end genllenecs.; h fr <br />ne `V no~o / . <br />s <br />rThe planning commmLsslon <br />e <br />h <br />he <br />o <br />---- be guile easy <br />point of using Iltter boxes. They ap• eng <br />. <br />c <br />should recommenA to the Clty Cooacll <br />to <br />de <br />it <br />~ <br />parenlly don't shed or rnrtY fleas and <br />tlevlag become one of <br />ss <br />l <br />d I <br />y co <br />that lbe c <br />Io ~ <br />bel~Ied <br />the Vietnamese ~ <br />,fb <br />d <br />d <br />. <br />or <br />e <br />-- are o <br />the Trendiest pelt In the Unlled Slates: <br />In e <br />. <br />l ICIe <br />In Sprin <br />kept tv hawse pe <br />uld thew make the <br />h <br />o <br />l <br />l <br />Coun <br />Cit <br />the pigs are also spendY, renging <br />price between (1.000 end f5.000. o <br />n <br />e <br />v~ <br />` <br />y <br />necessary <br /> nnldr cuunny d Cgarn! lar,r~ came <br />• <br />