Cambridge council suspends exotic animal bylaw, allowing local woman to keep pet pig
Posted May 16, 2018 01:29:47 PM.
Last Updated May 16, 2018 07:19:15 PM.
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There’s still a long way to go for a Cambridge woman looking to hold on to her pet potbellied pig.
Cambridge city council has suspended an animal control by-law that prohibits exotic animals until 2019, allowing Tracy Baker to keep three-year old “Snowflake” in her apartment.
“It’s still going to be a battle until they actually say yes or no to the by-law,” Baker tells 570 NEWS, “(But the vote) does give me a bit of a stress relief that I’m not looking over my back every minute, waiting for them to come and snatch her.”
Baker says potbellied pigs — or a mini-pig — are bred to be domesticated, like dogs and cats, adding Snowflake is litter-trained and leash-trained.
“They are very smart animals, very loving, very clean,” she adds, “Mine is litter-trained, you can litter-train them and you can also leash train them so you can walk them.”
“Mine does both, mind you she doesn’t come out in the winter. She’s a bit of a pampered princess.”
The by-law suspension was put in place so Cambridge city council can review the laws and examine the approaches other cities have taken on the matter.
