DENVER (KDVR) — The Douglas County Canine Rescue, a nonprofit registered in Fort Rock, relinquished its license to the state on Nov. 19, months after the state sought to file expenses in opposition to the pet rescue group.
The rescue was topic to 2 circumstances introduced by the Pet Animal Care and Amenities Act program in 2023 and 2024. By means of these circumstances, DCCR confronted 9 expenses, which included failing to supply well timed veterinary care to the canine of their care, failing to take care of information, falsifying information and working with out correct licensure.
The PACFA filed a discover of expenses in opposition to the pet rescue group on Dec. 21, 2023, searching for to revoke DCCR’s pet animal facility license.
The rescue did have a license on the time for a big pet rescue however didn’t produce other required licenses for different providers like boarding amenities, animal sanctuaries, coaching, transportation and breeding. That enormous pet rescue license was relinquished on Nov. 19 after DCCR agreed to not carry out any acts of a pet animal facility for which licensure is required. The courts granted a dismissal of each circumstances on Nov. 26.
DCCR marketed itself as a “Colorado-based 501c3 nonprofit, no-kill, PACFA license animal rescue,” and stated it had facilitated over 10,000 canine rescues since 2014.
The case got here to mild when the PACFA program acquired a criticism on Aug. 1, 2023, from a DCCR foster volunteer. The foster had a canine named Love Muffin from DCCR, and the foster alleged that DCCR had not accomplished an annual foster house inspection earlier than giving Love Muffin to them.
When pressed on foster house inspection information, DCCR offered falsified paperwork alleging the house inspection was accomplished in March 2023. In August, PACFA investigators visited one other foster house linked to DCCR and located there have been 31 canine in that home.
Moreover, PACFA alleged in court docket paperwork {that a} 10-week-old pet had damaged his leg however did not obtain veterinary care till a minimum of 10 days later. An identical incident was described relating to one other canine in June 2023, when a canine broke its leg and did not obtain look after about eight days.
Investigators additionally informed the court docket that after they went to the house of DCCR’s founder in August 2023, they had been refused entry to the house. After they returned with an administrative warrant, investigators discovered 23 canine within the house’s basement.
