The confidential settlement marks the end of a three-year saga that began when the former employee shared videos and photographs on social media that enraged thousands of animal advocates across the country.
placing a glaring spotlight on the fast-growing west Houston suburb.
Katy Animal Control director David Brown, left, watches animal control officer Spencer Antinoro wash down a back patio of the City of Katy Animal shelter, Thursday, July 1, 2021, in Katy.Video of a Katy Police detective’s interview of Brown and Antinoro in 2021 offers a vivid glimpse into what animal rights advocates like Gerber viewed as an underregulated department run by a director who knowingly violated his organization’s procedures to the detriment of the animals the facility took in.
“If they were starting the process and leaving it before they were able to verify death, that would be a violation,” Cantrell said. “It sounds to me like there is a failure not just by the officers but by the city is supposed to be providing oversight for this shelter.”Cantrell said leaving a euthanized animal overnight in an area with other live animals is “definitely not a best practice,” but it is not a physical danger to other animals as long as they are confined to their own cages.
“We would go back and keep checking it to make sure it could be disposed of,” Antinoro tells Katy police in the video. “If it didn't get disposed of, we would pull it out and throw it back in the freezer.”Karen Warren / Staff photographer In addition to skirting protocol, both Brown and Antinoro's required euthanasia training documents had expired between 2019 and 2020, according to certificates included in the city's investigation.
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