by Bonnie Hammond | Jan 16, 2011 | SAFE in the News
SAFE is honored to be among the winners of the KING‑5/Evening Magazine 2010 Best of Western Washington awards. We were voted 5th place in the category of Favorite Local Charity, out of a total of 132 nominees in that category with more than 400,000 votes cast. Thank...
by Bonnie Hammond | Jan 16, 2011 | Delilah, SAFE in the News
Animal-cruelty charges filed against Enumclaw woman by Christine Clarridge Originally published Friday, March 5, 2010 at 2:53 PM An Enumclaw woman who has been blamed for the deaths of more than two dozen farm animals over the course of two months was charged...
by Bonnie Hammond | Jan 16, 2011 | SAFE in the News
Investigation finds gruesome horse neglect By Michelle Esteban and KOMO News Staff Aired on Feb 5 2009 SNOHOMISH, Wash. — A Snohomish woman has been linked to a gruesome animal cruelty investigation that was launched after one of her horses was found starved...
by Bonnie Hammond | Jan 16, 2011 | SAFE in the News
Horse rescued from starvation still struggling By Debra Smith, Everett Herald Writer Published Dec 22 2008 MONROE — Whisper, the horse rescued from a Snohomish field, lived through the weekend, but she’s not out of danger yet, said her caretaker. “We’ll keep...
by Bonnie Hammond | Jan 16, 2011 | SAFE in the News
Cold is cruel to ailing filly By Debra Smith, Herald Writer Published Dec 20 2008 MONROE — Jaime Taft is trying to save a horse’s life, and Mother Nature isn’t helping. The filly — gaunt and covered in sores — was rescued along with two others from a Snohomish...
by Bonnie Hammond | Jan 16, 2011 | SAFE in the News
Help needed for starved horses by KOMO staff Aired on Dec 8 2008 SNOHOMISH, Wash. — Animal control officers are asking for help caring for neglected horses after finding one horse dead and several others starving at a Snohomish home in what they’re calling...
by Bonnie Hammond | Jan 16, 2011 | SAFE in the News
Crocodile Tears by Monica Bretherton Published Nov 4 2008 Do crocodiles cry for the victims they are eating, as legend holds? Certainly not — they have no tear ducts. Jean Elledge does, as she demonstrated again at her sentencing hearing in Snohomish County...
by Bonnie Hammond | Jan 16, 2011 | SAFE in the News
Monroe woman sentenced to year in jail for starving horses By The Associated Press Published Nov 4 2008 EVERETT — A Monroe woman who starved five horses to death was sentenced to a year in jail for animal cruelty. The 57-year-old woman, Jean Marie Elledge,...
by Bonnie Hammond | Jan 16, 2011 | SAFE in the News
Facing the Ghosts by Monica Bretherton Published Oct 19 2008 Jean Elledge appeared before Judge Ramsdell at the King County Courthouse at 2:45 yesterday for sentencing on the three counts of Animal Cruelty in the First Degree to which she entered a guilty plea in...
