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Guilford animal shelter employees say they were treated like the animals

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Marsha Williams, Guilford County Animal Shelter

Marsha Williams operated the Guilford County Animal Shelter from 2001 until her dismissal this year. She received a salary of $92,107 in 2013, according to tax documents.

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Veterinary technician Marissa Studivent clips the matted hair from this poodle before giving him a medicated bath, as the Guilford Animal Shelter took care of 89 animals received from a puppy mill, on Thursday, September 1, 2011, in Greensboro, N.C.

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