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She has since taken one of the dogs to a local veterinarian to be examined. She then spoke to Fletcher Mayor Dick Herrin about what she had found at the shelter.
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Four heaters were present at the shelter, but Copass-Bridges said only one was working and it was struggling to provide heat.Ĭopass-Bridges said she removed the dogs from the shelter and spoke to an Elgin animal control officer who agreed to help her with the dogs. Several photos show undisturbed snow piled several inches high in front of the kennel gates, indicating there had been no movement of the gates in some time. The interior of the dog’s shelters was filled with snow blown in by high winds.
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Their water buckets were frozen solid and there were no visible covers over the doors of the metal shelter provided. The dogs were being housed in chain link kennels filled with snow. Copass-Bridges said she drove to the shelter in Fletcher, where she found four dogs in a metal shelter with very little protection from the elements.Ĭopass-Bridges documented the conditions she found at the shelter with photos and videos, each showing dogs visibly shivering from the cold. Fletcher police are investigating conditions at the town’s animal shelter after a Lawton resident removed four dogs she said were in danger of freezing during recent severe weather.Ĭandi Copass-Bridges, 42, of Lawton, said an acquaintance told her of the conditions four dogs were facing as temperatures dropped well below freezing Monday.