Source-verified state registry

Colorado animal-cruelty convictions

PawWatch Registry publishes final convictions supported by an official court, prosecutor, law-enforcement, or government registry source. Records are rechecked for corrections and removals.

28 verified recordsReview in progressLast reviewed 2026-09-09

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What PawWatch Registry has reviewed

Date range reviewed
Record-level official sources reviewed; statewide 2015-present backfill incomplete
Official sources checked
16

Official sources

Known gaps

  • Statewide and major local official sources have not been reviewed for the complete 2015-present period.
Source verified

Valerie Christine Harris

Not stated, CO

Conviction
Fifteen cruelty-to-animals counts (second offense) and seven aggravated cruelty counts involving neglected dogs and livestock.
Date
Not stated
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Thomas Ethridge

Durango, CO

Conviction
Attempted cruelty to animals, Class II misdemeanor, for taping a dog's mouth shut and leaving the dog in a vehicle.
Date
August 2017 (guilty plea; exact day not stated)
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Jeffery Jackson

Not stated, CO

Conviction
Animal cruelty involving neglected animals on a La Plata County property; final count not specified in reviewed reporting.
Date
2019 (guilty plea; exact day not stated)
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