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Caring for the animals

TO THE EDITOR:

In the 1980s a small group of animal lovers, headed by Jean Thompson, formed an organization which was named Texarkana Adopt-A-Pet. Our purpose was to rescue animals and find good homes for them.

All that time the city animal shelter was run by animal control and the animals were given a very short time to live. They were killing the animals in a gas chamber with carbon monoxide.

In the late 1980s we circulated petitions to reform the animal shelter. We were able to get enough signatures to get reform on the ballot on both sides of the city. A...
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