MARLIN, Texas (KWTX) – On Saturday morning loud cries and automobile honks to demand accountability got here from metropolis corridor.
”Those dogs in all probability cried and barked in agony and nobody heard them,” protestor Terri Westmoreland mentioned.
A bunch of round 40 peaceable protestors made some requires change after disturbing movies confirmed dogs underfed and residing surrounded by their very own feces on the Marlin Animal Shelter.
Other pictures present a canine mendacity useless in a kennel on the city-owned facility. According to the Falls County Sheriff’s Office, a number of dogs had been discovered useless there.
”I drove previous right here on Saturday and I assumed it was a vet clinic,” protestor Mandy Fourie mentioned. “I thought ‘oh that’s cute,’ If I would have known that there were dogs in there I would have stopped and done something.”
Marlin animal advocates had been joined by folks from Moody, Temple and Thornton to demand that Marlin’s metropolis supervisor, animal management officer and police chief all be arrested.
”My message is we’d like prosecutions, we’d like folks held accountable, that is intentional cruelty by authorities leaders,” Fourie mentioned.
In an announcement launched Friday evening, Marlin’s mayor Susan Byrd mentioned, “as a proponent for dog rescues we are all working to cooperate with the investigation by the Falls County Sheriff’s Office. Upon completion of the investigation, the City of Marlin will do our best to ensure the responsible parties are all held accountable.”
Staff from Journey Home Rescue, who took in three of the dogs, even got here out to the protest to ship a loud message.
”Arrests should be made and so they should be held accountable for each demise,” Frances Fischer, Journey Home Rescue co-founder, mentioned.
KWTX tried calling the Marlin Police Chief a number of occasions for a response on the requires his arrest and haven’t but heard again.
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