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Council advances miniature-pig ordinance with limits, spay/neuter and setbacks after mixed testimony
Summary
After split public views, the council adopted four amendments to Bill 625 — requiring setbacks, capping pigs at two on large lots, removing a licensing requirement, and requiring spay/neuter — and scheduled the amended bill for Feb. 18 consideration.
The Anne Arundel County Council on Feb. 3 advanced an ordinance (Bill 625) that would reclassify miniature pigs in residential districts from livestock to pets under tightly specified conditions, adopting four amendments the sponsor and administration supported to address neighborhood and animal-welfare concerns.
Councilmember Fiedler, the bill sponsor, said the proposal grew from a constituent case and an effort to allow responsible ownership of miniature pigs while limiting countywide impacts. Administration staff and Animal Care and Control representatives participated in drafting changes. Claudia Roll, Animal Care and Control administrator, and the county’s animal-welfare advisory participants worked…
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