{"id":1518864,"date":"2026-06-28T14:35:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T19:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1518864"},"modified":"2026-06-28T16:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T21:54:09","slug":"animal-control-needs-help-finding-puppy-dumper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1518864","title":{"rendered":"Animal control needs help finding puppy dumper"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"SMITH COUNTY — Smith County Animal Control is seeking the public\u2019s help in identifying a person who recently abandoned multiple puppies in front of a community office near Lake Palestine. According partner to Smith County Animal Control and our new partner KETK, the individual unloaded the puppies from his truck and left them in front of their office on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Smith County Animal Control said abandoning an animal is never the answer, it\u2019s a crime. Anyone who recognizes the person or their truck to call animal control at (903)-266-4303.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can get an animal spayed or neutered for 80 bucks, so you\u2019ve got choices way before you get to the point where you have to or you feel like you have to commit an act like that,\u201d supervisor Colton Parsell said.<\/p>\n

Animal advocates said ending this cycle starts with responsible pet ownership before another litter ends up without a home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SMITH COUNTY — Smith County Animal Control is seeking the public\u2019s help in identifying a person who recently abandoned multiple puppies in front of a community office near Lake Palestine. According partner to Smith County Animal Control and our new partner KETK, the individual unloaded the puppies from his truck and left them in front … Continue reading Animal control needs help finding puppy dumper<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":1518865,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[165],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1518864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-30 17:04:34","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1518864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1518864"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1518864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1518866,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1518864\/revisions\/1518866"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1518865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1518864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1518864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1518864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}