Complaints that cats and dogs were neglected at the Indianapolis Animal Care & Control shelter are so serious that the chairman of the agency’s advisory board says an external investigation may be needed.

A formal grievance filed with the board this week said injured or sick animals went untreated; dogs were jammed in tiny, filthy cages; and at least one botched euthanasia left a cat to languish in agony for hours.

Click here to read the full story at the Indianapolis Star. You can attend tonight’s board meeting from 6pm-7pm at 2600 South Harding St., or watch it and past board meetings online or on TV on Channel 16.