{"id":669213,"date":"2026-07-02T05:03:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T05:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/669213\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T05:03:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T05:03:22","slug":"pembrokeshire-council-allows-couple-to-breed-guinea-pigs-for-eating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/669213\/","title":{"rendered":"Pembrokeshire council allows couple to breed guinea pigs for eating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A couple has been given the go-ahead to breed guinea pigs on their land so that they can eat them as part of their drive to live sustainably. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Dave and Mayu Phillips sought permission to build an eco-friendly home to live off-grid in rural Pembrokeshire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The plans include producing honey and walnuts, as well as raising a pair of breeding rabbits and three pairs of breeding guinea pigs, to produce meat for the household, along with a flock of 20 pigeons for eggs and meat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Dave Phillips said the type of guinea pigs they intended to eat &#8220;were larger than the pet variety&#8230; similar to rabbits in terms of meat production&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Pembrokeshire council&#8217;s planning committee backed the development.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Phillips grew up locally and the couple are keen to return to the area to continue the honey business established by his father, develop vegetable gardens and build a low-impact dwelling on the site, according to planning committee documents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A couple has been given the go-ahead to breed guinea pigs on their land so that they can&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":669214,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-669213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/669214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}