The City of South Houston's animal shelter is dealing with serious allegations of animal abuse and taxpayer waste in recent city council meetings.
When we asked City of South Houston Animal Shelter Director Jana Martinez how many dogs were adopted from the shelter last year she said zero.She told us a dog hasn't been adopted from the shelter since 2022.Two former animal control officers and others have started an organization called Change for the Animals of South Houston . They've been giving South Houston City Council an earful.
"She has six dogs and six cats that have lived at the shelter," said former animal control officer Savannah Archer. "The employees are not allowed to walk them, and they're not to take them outside and the employees care for those animals."The director told us four of her dogs stayed at the shelter for three months with the Mayor's blessings. While serving as shelter director, Martinez runs a nonprofit rescue called Forgotten Paws of Texas.
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