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goat, but will take dispute to court <br />By data Ettei Geaxaiez <br />Stab Wnter <br />Jam Swetioon says Brooklyn Center <br />t officials havt gotten her pat, and <br />See b sot about to pay them $30 for <br />the trouble they've caused her <br />At a preliminary coaterence in <br />' ■etoepin County Municipal Court <br />AM momM, a Brooklyn Center <br />v piracutor proposed to dtsa� <br />ebar�as that Swenson notated city <br />artghwocas by ktlrp ft an African <br />P4M pat is her backyard. BLt the <br />called for Swenson ;o pay <br />we as cover some of the proaecuuon <br />Oates misted to the can <br />anso t said see world have pore <br />id be proposed settlement, ad <br />asted for a jury UUL The dty, she <br />Saud, has pufton90 bet family <br />e~ by forcing the Sweasons to <br />roure the goat to a 1nend's bobby <br />hrm in Anoka County <br />Wry Nielsen, a Brooklyn Center <br />pomocutor, mid the city received <br />comp+s:nts from neighbors that the <br />pat was noisy and had IMten out of <br />as Sweasortayard A city health <br />Nowtor A*Wd it Wasn't <br />af/ropriale w keep a goat in <br />Bruaalyn Center. But the city <br />p11poaed tb dkamilt the baryft <br />banshees the Sven--orw have gotten <br />NMof the Suet, Nielsen saW <br />Swanson and bees hlfhand. Robert. <br />bIIIJ1*440N n) they checked with city officials <br />G" Neighbors beforr buying the g'bt <br />from a Brooklyn Park pat shop in <br />Mby. They said they bought the goal <br />because thev wanted their children <br />to learn to respeci anirriulc <br />The goat was a bM with the <br />aeighborhood kAdL Jan Swenson <br />said But she said probbems with the <br />city beitan after a neighb,.,r. µact <br />before moving out of the area. ended <br />the city and rompis!rwe about the <br />newt <br />Sweriaw.in said the goat was 8 calm. <br />peaceful animal tact VeeiM <br />efatdrett Wim a Mlaarly bleat much <br />quieter than a dot's bark T b, 10 <br />rMidren names! it Thundei hsa <br />that was a misnomer ®ven in a <br />moment of whi:nsv, she said <br />The cit, cited the S"nsoas in July <br />for i iol -jtuig the citq s public <br />nuLsam t- ordinance and for keeping <br />o "wild animat not native to <br />Mirinesota' in their backywd iltie <br />Swenson;;, city oiridtLs said, atrsald <br />have to ceaf s the pat in a cafe <br />ins,de their hoarse or get nd of it <br />cwensori said sbc sent the an:rrril <br />away because she didn't what a pot <br />in her house <br />Swenson maintains the goat is sot <br />wild animal It was affectionate to <br />the chi:drea. 11 doesn't baA it ran <br />aro,ad tie yard AM kept the <br />shrubbery dawn." she stud <br />® She hope- the lury wit: agree w1," <br />V%Z*er, 'ie skid, because as a taw <br />aMC:i,K brit►sh Mitue.n. l want k <br />keep my record clean.' <br />Meanwhile, she acid, the Swen ew, <br />lid%r bought their c"dren. ads 3 <br />ar,G 5. a terrier that is the some r-Wo- <br />ai <br />T h, nde r <br />Munu•ipw CAUrt JudRr Jaavity <br />Rogers, who hold the preluniaary <br />conference on the goateast, said <br />cases invot. it* unr►w! pets don't <br />come up frequent!,, in the roam) He <br />said he couldn't recall any cases <br />tavotvM` gitrasL but be rtmeeribem, <br />a cae'e iieverti ,,wars ago iavq►vlaa au: <br />tr.,ester Oonse that. be said, caneW <br />from "tltilt and cute to saw" am <br />mean, <br />