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Published Friday
March 11, 2005

DAKOTA CITY, Iowa - An advocacy group is working to reunite a boy and his pig.

Eleven-year-old Zachary Dahlsten was ordered to give up Sid the potbellied pig because an ordinance bans livestock within the city limits.

Zachary has autism and other health problems, and Sid was his therapy pet. Since Sid's removal, their son hasn't been the same, Kim and Frank Dahlsten said.

The Dahlstens say Zachary still looks for his pet pig and tries to play with him. They visit the farm where Sid lives, but Zachary becomes upset when they have to leave, the Dahlstens said.

A representative of Iowa Protection and Advocacy Services Inc. wrote a letter to Dakota City Mayor David Lee, asking that the council reconsider the decision. The advocacy group calls Sid a "life source" for Zachary.

Lee criticized the letter, saying the group didn't have its facts straight. He declined to comment further but said at Wednesday's council meeting that the city would study the matter. - AP

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