If you have a pet then don’t let Haltom City know it! Monday night, WFAA News 8 ran a story about a family whose 14-month old puppy was impounded because it was playing unleashed in their front yard (the family was also playing outside with the puppy)!!
The family couldn’t immediately get their puppy back once it was impounded because they couldn’t afford the $400 fine. The reason they couldn’t afford the fine was because they had medical bills for their 6-year old daughter’s hospital stay that resulted from her diabetes!! And since they couldn't pick up the puppy within 72 hours, Haltom City Animal Control had it euthanized!!!!
What great public service this is!! I'm sure the citizens of Haltom City are sleeping much better tonight because their neighborhoods are now rid of one more intolerable puppy!
Too bad, little girl, I know you’re having a tough time with your diabetes but you should have known better than to let your dog run wild in your front yard! But don’t worry, Fluffy didn’t feel a thing!
I’m incensed!!!! I can’t imagine what I would do if anything remotely like this happened to Macy, our golden retriever! The family has supposedly been promised a closed-door meeting with the City Manager and the Director of Animal Control. But c'mon! The dog should not have even been impounded . . . way to show the world a little compassion, Haltom City Animal Control!
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Man, good thing we live in Abilene. Dooley would have died way before the 4th of July if we didn't live here:) I don't think they would have waited 72 hours! Poor Dooley....
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