Teeya Barnes a spokeswoman for the agency, confirmed the news to WDRB by phone Friday morning.

The director shot a dog in the head, and the dog's body was found in a dumpster. The director maintains he euthanized the dog, but the dog's owner said it could have been saved.

The director said, through an attorney, that he shot the dog to end its suffering. However, the dog's owner, maintains that the dog, a well-loved family pet, could have been saved.