Article: JIM STINGL IN MY OPINION Dwarf pet gets South Milwaukee's goat

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 ...

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