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Group of rabies-infected puppies euthanized at adoption event
SHERIDAN, Colo. (KMGH) – A group of puppies adopted from a Colorado rescue group had to be euthanized after one tested positive for rabies.
While the state's health department said it was following national guidelines, the news has caused great distress to families.
Moms and Mutts Colorado holds adoption events every Saturday, and on July 20th, one of the puppies there was found to be infected with rabies.
Jessica Eden and Keith Brueck adopted one of the puppies.
“I already knew which dog I wanted. I had come to an adoption event and saw him there and thought, 'Oh my god, I'm in love with this dog,'” she said.
Eden and Brueck said they later learned the puppy had rabies.
“The next day, I got a voicemail from MAMCO while I was at work saying, 'We're so sorry, we've just been notified that the state has decided that all of the puppies need to be euthanized immediately. We're coming to confiscate your puppies,'” Eden said. “Within 15 minutes, he got home and there was a knock on the door. It was a very hectic event.”
They tried to fight it but eventually had to euthanize the dog.
Shelter manager Aaron Jones said one of the puppies was returned to its adoptive family and then began showing symptoms.
“It took me a full nine days because I didn't develop symptoms until much later,” she said.
Jones said safety precautions are in place to prevent cross-contamination.
“The fact that the puppies are on a tarp means they are not fully vaccinated, so foster parents will need to put on a gown and gloves before handling the puppies,” she said.
But the state said national guidelines recommended that all of the litter's puppies should be euthanized because strict quarantine would be unfeasible.
Dr. Rachel Herlihy, an epidemiologist with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, said it's a tragic situation.
“We know that these puppies were in very close contact over a long period of time and we know that the puppy that tested positive likely spread the virus to those same puppies, and that's the really tragic part of this case,” she said.
Medical experts explain that rabies is different from other viruses in that it has a long incubation period, meaning it can take weeks or months or longer for symptoms to appear after initial infection.
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