WINNIPEG – City bylaws have forced Donna-Sherry Pinchuck to get rid of her pet pig Tiffany.
Pinchuck hoped to keep her pot-bellied pig in the city but knew it would only happen “when pigs fly.”
Pinchuck, who lives in River Heights, was notified by Winnipeg Animal Services she must get rid of Tiffany after caring for the animal for a year.
Under the exotic animal bylaw, her pet is illegal. The city is currently reviewing a new responsible pet ownership bylaw, which will replace the exotic animal bylaw, but pigs aren’t allowed in the current draft of the new law, either.
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Pinchuck lost her appeal to keep Tiffany before the city’s protection and community services committee on Thursday. She’s already moved the pig to a farm outside the city, she said.
Pigs are allowed in Winnipeg but only where land is zoned as agricultural.
Stacie Gottfried was also at city hall on Thursday, fighting to keep five chickens in her backyard.
She’s had the chickens in a coop in her North Kildonan yard for three years.
After a noise complaint, she was notified they’re illegal and she must get rid of them.
But her appeal was granted at a city committee and a decision was delayed until October.
Gottfried home schools her two daughters and said the chickens are a learning tool.
Schools in Winnipeg are allowed to have chickens and other farm animals as part of school curriculum.
Coun. Ross Eadie asked for the delay on deciding her case to see if the current bylaw could be changed to include home schools.
Changes to the responsible pet ownership bylaw are still being debated, including introducing cat licensing.
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