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Iberia Davis came to the Fort Worth animal shelter to adopt one dog and left with two. Overcrowding has the city looking for ways to avoid euthanizing its first animal since 2010. (Credit: Joel Thomas/KTVT)

Animal Adoptions Don’t Quell Tragic, Reoccurring Decision In Fort Worth

Facing a desperate life or death decision, Fort Worth code compliance officials had to find homes for six dozen sheltered animals or kill them Wednesday night. They saved them. But after a brief reprieve, they returned Thursday to a broken record

2012/07/12

Animal Cruelty

City’s Lack Of Response In Animal Cruelty Case Disturbs Fort Worth Pet Sitters

Fort Worth has made a change to an animal control policy after two residents couldn’t get anyone to respond to a case of apparent animal cruelty.

2012/04/25

One of the dogs in a Fort Worth animal shelter. (Credit: Joel Thomas/KTVT)

Fort Worth Plans Expanding Animal Medical Ward

How ill animals are treated at city pounds is one of the biggest complaints of animal rights groups. Fort Worth city officials say that’s why they’re planning a huge expansion of its isolation and medical ward.

2012/03/27

A feral hog.  (Photo credit: Texas Dept. of Agriculture)

Fort Worth’s Feral Hog Policy Backfires

Fort Worth takes feral hog reports seriously, but their policy may have backfired after a pet potbelly pig was accidentally euthanized.

2011/10/12

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