T or C mayor and husband charged with cruelty and other counts involving their 14 dogs

A dog inside a kennel with a bowl of scummy water.

Whether Truth or Consequences Mayor Amanda Forrister and her husband are exempt from the law she enacted hangs in the balance--as does the fate of their 14 dogs--which are underfed, unvaccinated, unlicensed and 10 dogs over the limit allowed without a special-use permit.

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