MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — Deputy Police Chief Tim George told the Medford City Council that he and City Attorney John Huttl have been chewing the fat over whether a pig can be a pet.
Local laws prohibit livestock within city limits, but it’s unclear whether that includes a Medford woman’s 128-pound pot-bellied pig.
Places such as Las Vegas and St. Louis have enacted specific laws to deal with pot-bellied pigs.
But the Medford attorney told the council Thursday to avoid doing so for now.
Huttl recommended the city issue a citation against the woman for keeping livestock in her house and let a municipal judge decide the livestock-pet question.
