Texas shelter euthanizes dogs after virus outbreak

Published September 10, 2014 6:02am ET



NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas (AP) — A Texas animal shelter says 75 percent of its dogs have been euthanized after a deadly virus outbreak.

The Humane Society of New Braunfels director said Tuesday the dogs were infected with distemper. The virus attacks the respiratory and central nervous systems of animals.

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