DENTON — Protestors disrupted a Denton city council meeting Tuesday night over a dog.
The dog named Gunner, who was euthanized by the city’s animal shelter this month, attracted the attention of millions over that controversial decision.
With a message on signs and shirts, dozens of people packed the Denton City Council chamber demanding action over the death of Gunner inside a city animal shelter.
The decision to euthanize the 12-year-old lab without giving his owners time to pick him up has outraged Denton residents and millions of people online.
But those who signed up to speak at tonight’s meeting say they were denied the chance through a procedural move by the mayor and city council.
“We had filled out our blue cards at 2:00 this afternoon and they shut us down,” said Shannon Greer, an organizer for Justice for Gunner. “They killed their dog, they killed their dog and they’re not gonna let them have four minutes, four minutes to speak their mind each?”