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Resident asks council for temporary exemption to keep a teacup goat; appeal denied
Summary
A Powell resident asked the council for a temporary exception to the city's animal ordinance so she could keep a Nigerian dwarf pygmy goat while she works toward moving outside city limits. After discussion about ordinance language and precedent, the council voted to deny the appeal.
Resident Portia asked the Powell City Council for a temporary exemption so she could keep a very small Nigerian dwarf pygmy goat she said she obtained to help with anxiety.
Portia said the goat lives mostly indoors, "fits in the bib of my overalls," and that she had reduced her other animals to comply with city limits. "I got her from one of my best friends in hopes that she would help me with anxiety," Portia said. She asked the…
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