The former operators of the Colorado Humane Society have been barred from nonprofit work for 10 years under a settlement of a state lawsuit, The Denver Post reports.

Mary C. Warren, the organization’s executive director, and her husband, Robert Warren, its head of development, were also banned from operating any animal-related business for five years.

Colorado Attorney General John Suthers filed suit against the couple in 2008, alleging numerous violations of state laws governing charities and claiming that the Warrens euthanized animals at an Englewood, Colo., shelter, which had been advertised as “no-kill.” A court last month authorized the sale of the now-shuttered organization’s assets.