{"id":438087,"date":"2026-09-16T21:16:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T21:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/438087\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T21:16:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T21:16:23","slug":"partnership-paused-amid-el-paso-animal-services-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/438087\/","title":{"rendered":"Partnership paused amid El Paso Animal Services probe"},"content":{"rendered":"

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM<\/a>) \u2014 El Paso Animal Services is facing allegations after “Paws for Promise” came forward on social media, stating that animals have come back with issues from Animal Services’ procedures.<\/p>\n

A representative from the local, non-profit dog rescue “Paws of Promise” took her concerns to social media with a Facebook video<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The representative explained that multiple “Paws of Promise” dogs that were sent to Animal Services have come back with wounds and issues they did not have before being dropped off.<\/p>\n

“These dogs have already been abandoned, neglected, and abused,” she said. “Animal Services is supposed to be their safe haven.”<\/p>\n

She reportedly met with Michael Wachsmann<\/a>, interim director of El Paso Animal Services, regarding three dogs that came back to her with injuries and infections.<\/p>\n

That same morning, she was told that one of the five puppies she took to animal services was found in a puddle after someone had left the cage open.<\/p>\n

However, she later learned that the puppy was not in a puddle but had ended up in a sewer drain immediately following the puppy’s surgery.<\/p>\n

She stated that if she had known what truly happened, she could have taken action.<\/p>\n

“I had been told before that because “Paws of Promise” has a partnership with the city, I shouldn’t bad-mouth Animal Services, but a partnership will never buy my silence, she said.<\/p>\n

Wachsmann said as of Tuesday, September 15, “Paws of Promise” is still an active partner with El Paso Animal Services; however, there is a temporary pause due to the allegations brought up against the chief veterinarian.<\/p>\n

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“Paws of Promise is an active partner; the relationship goes back years,” Wachsmann said. “In order to investigate concerns, we put a temporary pause on that partnership until they can be ironed out.”<\/p>\n

Wachsmann stated they plan to announce to the council once the investigation is complete.<\/p>\n

“We don’t want to rush to judgment on the allegations, do find them to be serious, and so we do in turn want to have a serious investigation into those allegations.”<\/p>\n

Wachsmann told KTSM 9 News that they have had active email conversations and ab in-person meeting with Paws of Promise two days before the petition was started.<\/p>\n

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