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Nearly five months after dogs were found starved and deceased at the Marlin animal shelter, the Texas Rangers have launched an official investigation to look into the incident.
Marlin Mayor Susan Byrd announced that the other six council members were absent, frustrating a crowd of residents who hoped to speak out about the city's shuttered animal shelter.
One month after a dog was discovered dead at the Marlin Animal Shelter, the facility sits closed as residents demand answers on who was accountable for the conditions there.
“The city does have to remain in charge of the shelter however we will be in charge of donations, how they’re given out to them and we will be monitoring as much as we possibly can.”
Pearl's Place, a nonprofit organization in Temple, TX, will take in Mary Francis, a dog found at the Marlin Animal Control Center on Jan. 9.