SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- There were 56 agenda items on Tuesday night's City council meeting, but the first parking related item came at number 44.
However, young Angela Starr brought a smile to the waiting chamber.
She wants a teacup pig as a pet.
However, the city animal ordinances ban them from city limits.
She said she wants the law changed and said:
"My mom is allergic to cats and dogs, not pigs," Starr said. "If you are able to have a dog or cat, you should be able to have a pig too."
In case you were wondering, here's more information from National Geographic on so-called "mini-pigs."
- The novelty of petite pigs in the U.S. began in 1986, when a few dozen Vietnamese potbellied pigs were imported to American zoos. Private breeders took notice. Some began to breed (or inbreed) and underfeed their potbellies and other small-breed lines, such as New Zealand's kunekune and the state of Georgia's Spanish-descended Ossabaw Island pigs.
(KELO.com News' Tom Savage contributed to this report.)