An animal lover says she is planning to relocate her family to "the middle of nowhere" after the city council told her she would have to get rid of her pet pig.
Donna Davidson, 46, of New Parks, Leicester, has applied to housing associations in England, Scotland and Wales to find somewhere which will allow her to keep Taz, her pig, as a house pet.
Four-year-old Taz, who sleeps in the kitchen, is classed as a farmyard animal.
Leicester City Council has told the mother-of-two that she is in breach of her tenancy agreement by owning the animal, regardless of whether it lives inside or outside, and she risks losing her home unless she gets rid of him.
The council said it was made aware of Taz after receiving a complaint and immediately issued Donna with a warning.
Bosses at the authority said they would issue another warning and then a solicitor's letter before taking the drastic step of eviction.
But Donna says she will not give up her four-legged friend.
She said: "The housing officer has told me that I would lose my tenancy if I didn't get rid of my pet pig, so now I'm looking for somewhere else to live – but it's not easy.
"I've applied to every single district in Leicestershire, but because I'd be new to each area I'd be bottom of every housing list.
"So I've also applied for quite a few properties in Scotland and Wales – rural places in the middle of nowhere – which will let me keep my animals.
"At the minute, Wales looks like the most likely option." Donna said she would take her two sons, aged 20 and 21, with her.
Also joining the family would be their three dogs, two ferrets and two tortoises.
"There's not an animal on this planet that I don't like," she said. "But I've loved pigs since I was a small child.
"Now I've got Taz, I can't let him go. He's part of the family.
"He's got a baby's music box with colourful buttons and he presses them at night to get a song.
"If the music finishes before he's asleep, he pushes the buttons again. He absolutely loves music."
A council spokeswoman said: "We visited this tenant after a complaint about animals at the property and advised her that keeping farm animals is a breach of her tenancy agreement.
"We will revisit next week to assess the situation. Our focus is on encouraging this tenant to find a suitable home for the pig and we have not yet started eviction proceedings."
