Uvalde County Commissioners Court met on Monday, April 13th at 10AM
04-15-26
By Michael Robinson | Uvalde Hesperian
Top picture: A loose dog seen in Knippa on Wednesday, April 15th.
The issue of aggressive dogs running loose in areas of Knippa was brought up by Diana Olvedo-Karau and two residents of Knippa; one whose niece was bit by one of the dogs.
“You can pick up dogs that are aggressive. You can pick up dogs that bite,” Karau said. “This has been an ongoing issue, and this court chooses to do nothing about it.” Karau said.
The first Knippa resident also mentioned her sister’s pug got out and was “torn apart” by aggressive dogs before they could get to the loose pug. She went on to say, that the dogs have also killed chickens.
Monica Martinez who is also a Knippa resident also spoke and said her daughter was viciously attacked a dog about 4-years ago.
Commissioner Mariano Pargas responded to the comments from the three saying, “It sounds like we’re not doing anything about the animal control. but we’ve been having meetings to try to figure out what we’re going to do.”
He stated that the county does not have kennel space to house all the stray animals.”
It’s not going to happen overnight. “It’s going to take money and time,” Pargas said.
