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In late 2014, I advocated on behalf of two dogs in the town who were suffering tremendously at the hands of their owners due to inadequate protection from the elements. The dogs belonged to the town’s code enforcement officer at the time.

No one in the town would help them. In fact, anyone who had the authority to do so backed off because of the interference by town officials.

Because of this, I intervened by taking the dogs, trying to get them away from these owners – to no avail – although one was euthanized due to significant medical issues two days later, which was a bless...