Amarillo City Manager Claims Dog Euthanized While Giving Birth Was Put Down for Attacking Humans

As part of herFacebook postsrecounting G7’s story, Anderson asked Amarillo residents to attend a city council meeting on Tuesday.

“The goal was to express concerns directly to all members of the City Council, and to push for new policies to be implemented, so moving forward, what happened to G7 will never happen in our shelter again,” Anderson told PEOPLE about the meeting.

She added that “the meeting room was full and the overflow area was standing room only. Outside, protesters held signs in support of G7 as well.”

Courtesy Dacia Anderson

G7, who had instigated the fight with the male dog, according to Miller, was picked up from the house later in the day, after the owners called the authorities again to say G7 had attacked two occupants living in the owner’s house. With this information, authorities picked up G7 and brought her to AAMW facility to be euthanized the next day.

Miller said the AAMW had the right to euthanize the dog in labor and her two newborn puppies because, “according to policy and accepted veterinary medicine practices of the American Veterinary Medical Association, examples of qualification for immediate euthanasia include aggression directed at humans and of animals.”

Anderson, who said G7 acted friendly when she encountered her, doesn’t believe this lets AAMW off the hook for their actions.

She also added that putting G7, a supposedly “vicious animal in an area of the shelter that was accessible to anyone with nothing identifying her as such,” was dangerous to other animals and shelter workers.

“Supporters are also still pushing for new policies to be put in place,” she said. “The community has a lot of questions concerning how this situation was handled from start to finish.”

Anderson also hopes that the attendance at the meeting shows the AAMW that the community is invested in helping them change for the better, and, conversely, shows that the community is now more dedicated to speaking out and supporting low cost spay and neuter options.

source: people.com