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)aniel 3^ 9/18/85 Tto UTiom It May Ctoncem:#97 7/31/85 I received an inspection notice indicating I was in violation of Orono ordinance section 10.20 subdivision 2K. The ccwrplaint aledges I keep an aniiral in violation of that ordinance, a conplaint I understand initiated b^' one of my neighbors in the Bayshire subdivision of Qrono, located on the old l^avarre drive-in theater site. I don't believe I am in violation of the ordinance either as vorded or by it's actual intent. pet is an African Pygmy Goat. He was bought tlirough a pet store. He les regular physical check ups by a pet veterinarian. He is kept in a kennel inside the house. He spends time outside only when I am at home, and during those periods he is tethered on a tvoity foot long leash in my back yard. He rarely is tethered on a fifteen leash in the front yard, only if I am outside in the front yard vath him. I occasiorjally take him for walks around the neighborhood on a six foot leash. He makes no loud sounds, carparable to the barking of a dog, for exanple. He in no way makes use of the outside property in any manner the domestic animals refered to in the ordinance would do. He doe- not graze. His food is bought at a pet/'feed store and fed to him inside his kennel inside the house. "Billy Goat Korth" clearly is an exotic house pet, and should be considered in the same context a parrot, tropical fish, cats and dogs or other are, not in the context with cows, steers, horses, donkeys, burros, she^ and fowl, the wording of the ordinance. Billy is 24 inches ball at the withers and weighs approxiJTBtely forty pounds; smaller than my next door neighbor's dogs. IO'.si:5port my claim I am including the following: Letters from two former neighbors of mine in Eden Prairie who vere familiar with my goat and me for his entire life (2?^ years). f Seven letters from my current neighbors in Bayshire. A note to me from the developer of Bayshire, who helped me solicit the letters, indicating her sipport and the support of tvo other neighbors I iBven't been able to rake contact with. This represents a majority of the residents of Bayshire, and if necessary I will obtain the other signatures, giving me approval by ten of twelve hones. Photostats of four different newspaper stories, all indicating the acceptance of pygmy goats as house pets. A picture of Billy on his leash in the front and back yard. In addition, I offer these two references as experts who would clasify African Pygmy Goats as house pets: Karen Brink, owner Dr. Bailee, veterinarian The Pet Place Cedar Pet CLinic Rochester, Minneapolis I'd be happy to bring anyone frcm the city of Orono over to my house and show than Billy and his home. cal Korth