A spokesman for the City of Sugar Land says it’s hard to tell what would’ve become of the dozens of animals put to sleep had proper protocol been carried out, and says they now have to work to regain the public’s trust.

An anti Euthanasia protester walks in front of police officers outside the Spanish Parliament in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, March 18, 2021. The parliament's lower house on Thursday gave the final go-ahead to the euthanasia bill in a 202-140 vote with two abstentions. The Spanish parliament's lower house voted 202-140 with two abstentions on the final passage of the euthanasia bill. AdThe law allows medical workers, whether in the public or private system, to refuse to participate on grounds of belief. __This story has been corrected to reflect that Spain is the sixth country in the world, not seventh as previously reported, to allow euthanasia.