Sheridan animal rescue, MAMCO, suspended after rabies and allegations of neglect
The license for Moms and Mutts Colorado (MAMCO) Rescue for Pregnant and Nursing Dogs was ordered to be suspended on Friday, Feb. 28 due to allegations of animal neglect, and mishandling of hookworm and potential rabies exposure.This comes months after MAMCO faced scrutiny in August when a dozen puppies were euthanized following a rabies diagnosis. The Colorado Department of Agriculture now claims the rescue failed to properly isolate puppies with hookworm and those potentially exposed to rabies or distemper, leading to four puppies being euthanized. The Colorado Department of Agriculture also alleges that two dogs escaped the facility during an inspection.In December, the shelter entered a probationary period with the state due to several allegations of multiple violations that occurred in 2024 between January and July. These include inadequate pest control, failure to sanitize enclosures, keeping dogs in enclosures that were not appropriately sized, and insufficient cleaning of animal waste.Law enforcement officers order MAMCO Animal Rescue in City, State to shut down during an incident captured on Instagram, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2025. The shelter was required to surrender all dogs after its license was suspended. Photo courtesy of MAMCO’s Instagram post.Aron Jones, who is an owner of MAMCO along with her husband, Robert Jones, are now transferring the 87 dogs that were housed in MAMCO to other shelters. They deny the allegations, and in an Instagram post, claimed the state is using fabricated information to scare the public. “We have been political pawns and (the state) has been using MAMCO Rescue as a way to make it so that no dogs can come into the state of Colorado without a rabies vaccine,” Aron Jones said in her March 1 Instagram video. “Which means no dogs under the age of 12 weeks can be brought into Colorado, which means no moms, no puppies — nothing.” She also alleges that the state illegally “wrote up” the shelter and that the violations were only repairs the building required. According to the order issued by the Department of Agriculture, the shelter was notified on Feb. 13 that it had failed two inspections in addition to the alleged violations in 2024, resulting in the suspension of its license. The Colorado Department of Agriculture ordered the immediate surrender of all dogs to other shelters or rescue organizations, citing an “imminent threat to the health and safety of Colorado dogs and their owners.”The document states the shelter had imported puppies from Texas infected with hookworm in December, but failed to isolate them, increasing the risk of cross-contamination. One puppy became severely ill with symptoms possibly indicating distemper or rabies and was euthanized on Jan. 29 after visits to a vet emergency hospital. According to the document, despite potential exposure, the puppy’s three littermates were not isolated and were euthanized to be tested for rabies, which is the only possible way to test a dog for the virus.The MAMCO owners are now fundraising to fight the State in court.In a caption of their social media post showing police ordering the shelter to be shut down, the owners stated, “And if this is the end, we thank you all for helping us save 1,4382 dogs and cats that wouldn’t have had voices without us as community.”The post Sheridan animal rescue, MAMCO, suspended after rabies and allegations of neglect appeared first on Colorado Community Media.
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