At the irregular Monday meeting of the Pierce County Joint Planning Commission a request was made by Spotted Dog, LLC to rezone a 4.6 acre parcel of residential property as agricultural in order for the company to operate a hyena farm.
The board had questions about the new operation’s potential impact on the surrounding College Avenue community, specifically how many hyenas would be on-site.
Ron Hackles, speaking on behalf of Spotted Dog, said only 50 - 60 hyenas would be at that location at a given time, including approximately 12 breeding pairs of hyenas and a larger variable number of young hyenas, which are referred to as cubs. Hackles then passed around glossy photos to show how cute the cubs are.
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