Animal welfare officials have rescued an emaciated dog that languished in the basement of an abandoned Tarrant house as city officials squabbled over who had authority to free it.
An impasse between Mayor Wayman Newton and Police Chief Wendell Major over entering the private residence resulted in inaction as the dog remained in a feces-littered basement garage.
“It was clear the dog had been abandoned, neighbors reported that no one had been to the house in a while and that the house had been empty for quite some time,” Cornelius wrote in an update on the Facebook page. “The amount of fecal material observable through the garage window indicated the dog had been in the garage for at least 2-3 weeks perhaps longer.”The remaining food was so rancid that dog refused to even eat it, she said.
“Our officer requested the police to obtain a warrant on two separate days,” Cornelius wrote on her Facebook page. “I spoke to the two Tarrant police who were on scene with our officer Friday, and they told me their supervisor would not let them request a warrant.”Tarrant city workers cutting an overgrown lawn at a vacant house late last week discovered the abandoned animal.
Newton Friday blasted the chief’s refusal to take action and called the impasse disheartening. Newton said the lack of action deviated from what is normally done in municipalities during similar circumstances where the police aid in animal rescues. Major said a more stringent process was required for entering private property.
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