Loopey The Pig + City Ordinance = Autistic Boy’s Heartbreak
Written by Staff on August 13th, 2009 in Autism.
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A boy with autism in North Carolina found the pet of his dreams-a pot belly pig named Loopey.
“He started interacting and it was great to see that,” Lisa Pia, mother of the boy, Anthony, said. “Who would have thought that the love of a potbellied pig would help bring an autistic boy out of his shell?”
Things were going well with Loopey and the family until they suspect a neighbor decided to snitch after spotting the pig in the yard.
City ordinances in Fayetteville, N.C. currently prohibit livestock as pets, but the family has been fighting to declare Loopey, a pot bellied pig, as technically not livestock.
They’ve gotten support from several council men and friends and family have worn “Loopey For Autism” T-shirts at city council meetings.
The city is reconsidering the decision, but until then, Loopey remains on the farm the family got him from.
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