Goat owner to defy regional distict order A GOAT owner in Thorn- hill says she won’t give up her pets, even if the regional district takes her to the supreme court, “It's not right,”’ says Claire Lambert. ‘They aren’t farm goats. My girls are full grown and they’re tiny.” . At the regional district board mecling Nov. 22, directors instructed Thom- hill bylaw enforcement of- ficer Don Oldham to apply for a court order to get rid of the goats. Lambert lives on Hagen St. in the Copper Mtn. sub- division. She owns two pigmy goats, Lightning Bug and Ruffles and a pot- bellied pig named Oscar. But Thornhill bylaws prohibit such animals from being kept on small subdivi- sion lots, And Oldham says Lambert has to obey the law. ‘We will allow the pig if it’s strictly a house pet,’’ he says. ‘‘But she keeps the goats in a pen in the back and they’re stinking up the neighbourhood,”’ Oldham points out that the lot is small, just 25 metres by 33 metres. And he says that on a lot that size, the goats wouldn't be allowed in Terrace either. But Lambert insists the rules aren’t fair because THE THREAT of supreme court action isn’t enough to make Thornhill resident Claire Lambert gat rid of her goats. But the district has said Oscar, her pig, can stay at her Hagen St. residence. peaple are allowed to keep several large dogs that could weigh twice as much as her goats, “Our society is saying you’re allowed to have big, nasty dogs but not other pets,”’ she says. “My mail lady even says it’s nice to come to my house because she can actually pet my pets and they don’t bite.’’ Oldham says Lambert is simply being foolish, but he might try once more to con- vince her to get rid of the animals before going to the courts. **She’s drawn a line in the sand,’’ he says. “‘But I might give her another chance. It will be at her own expense if she decides to go to court.” A court order could take some time. 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