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Article: JIM STINGL IN MY OPINION Dwarf pet gets South Milwaukee's goat
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- March 1, 2009
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Meet Gigi, the Nigerian dwarf goat living in the house of a South
Milwaukee family.
"She's not really a goat. She's part of our family," Gail Krug
said.
She also really is a goat, and the South Milwaukee Health
Department wants her gone.
"I think of a goat as a farm animal, whether it's a pygmy goat or
a farm goat," city public health administrator Jackie Ove said.
The city and the Krugs have been butting heads since December,
when police discovered the miniature goat enjoying urban living.
Officers also alerted the Health Department about the menagerie of
two dogs, two cats, snakes, lizards, turtles and other critters at
the Madison Ave. house.
The Krug family will plead their case before ...