Johnson County approves 30-day animal-control agreement with Fort Worth after volunteer rescue efforts

Johnson County Commissioners Court unanimously approved a 30-day interlocal agreement with the City of Fort Worth on Oct. 2 to provide limited animal-control services while volunteers continue efforts to remove and rehome a group of dogs found on private property in Godley.

The action followed a public comment from volunteer trapper Dory Cox, who said she is working with Texas All Creatures Rescue and other volunteers to remove animals from the site. "What I'm asking for is an extension of time," Cox told the court, and later said, "We count 13. 13." She said volunteers had removed two adult females and that the rescue director, Twyla Piles, had trapped a female and nine puppies. Cox said she expected that, by the weekend, volunteers would have removed eight adults and nine puppies in…