How do you think that a your area would approve pigs as pets in your residential home!?!??!

Probably would’ve been fine if the pig never escaped. But someone probably reported it for nuisance.

It’s a small to medium sized pet, just because the breed is a pot belly pig St. Cloud is saying it’s a farm animal? I don’t think the family is going to be eating it any time soon!!! I think St. Cloud needs to re-look at this and maybe the family can build a better enclosure for the pet. If the family has to part with it, I hope they find someone close by so they can visit it on a regular basis. Good luck Boettchers .

Saint Cloud has much greater problems with racism than having pot bellied pigs living there. We used to live there (actually Waite Park) back in the mid nineties. It reminded me of Kansas, but the people in Kansas are a lot more decent. Let the pig live there in peace.

Potbellied pigs are not farm animals, but domestic pets. The Citys Health Director is clearly uneducated on miniture potbellied pigs. They are quiet, clean and loving. They do not have odor issues and are easily potty trained. It is sad that the City Council would take such uninformed advice. I bet my potbellied pig is cleaner, more educated and smells better than the health inspector of St Cloud.

How ignorant of the City of St Cloud to pass such an ordinance! The Health Director needs to research pigs- pigs as pets too! Pigs in general are super intelligent, very clean and become emotionally attached to us- they are stressed
if they have to live in an uncleaned environment, and that usually depends on the people who control their surroundings. Our pet pigs become so emotionally attached, if separated can get depressed and die of a broken heart. Do you, Health Director, want to be responsible for that? Looie has a family- and the city of St Cloud is taking him away from them…why? Plain Ignorance. You need to reverse the ordinance, this is 2011, do the research. There are many beautiful cities who welcome potbellys…Red Wing MN has a few and they bring smiles to many faces!!