Squealing with delight

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Pig lovers will be squealing with delight over a decision by Vernon City Council.

Mayor Akbal Mund said the city will look at legalizing pot bellied pigs as pets.

The pet porkers were a subject of much debate earlier this year when a Vernon resident protested a bylaw saying she could not keep her pig because it was a farm animal.

She argued the pig was a pet like a cat or dog and she should be allowed to keep it.

Mund said things change and the city must change with the times and not everyone wants a traditional pet.

He said the city will look at each case involving a non-traditional pet on an individual basis.