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Holly — Initial Intake

Holly is one of 10 horses seized from a property in Carnation as part of a King County Animal Control seizure on Feb. 23, 2008. After spending the first two weeks at Equine Aid rescue, she joined the rest of her herd here at SAFE. Holly is a beautiful appaloosa filly,…

Summer Background

Summer is one of the Jean Elledge horses from Snohomish County that SAFE has been quietly caring for since last March. Now that the case has ended and all the horses have been signed over to SAFE, it is time for her story to be told. Summer, whose registered name is…

Sinatra Update from Mar 6 2008 — Mar 7 2008

Sinatra’s trimming..his feet were the worst of all the babies.  Photos in album include before and after photos.   You can see an old, grown out abcess in one foot.   Also a few photos of Kokomo and Sinatra taking a nap after their trims. ā€¦

Sinatra Update from Mar 5 2008

Sinatra was wormed yesterday and has the runs and is a bit less than his usual chipper self. Other than that though he is doing well — I think they all want to have more outside time and get out of the stall, but we have to ease them onto grass slowly.

Sasha — Intake — March 5, 2008

Now that we have ā€œofficiallyā€ adopted Sasha, I can share these photos of her. Sasha was one of 7 horses we ā€œboardedā€ for Snohomish County Animal Control, beginning in early March, after being spending the first couple of weeks after the Elledge seizure at the Enumclaw…

Sinatra Update from Mar 3 2008

From Bonnie: I am here to tell you that everything you’ve heard about Sinatra is true. He is the friendly, most social, most outgoing little horse I have ever had the pleasure to meet. He is much smaller than his stall mate Kokomo and their neighbor Phoenix, but that…

A Visit with Phoenix

Phoenix continues to improve every day, and is becoming a bright, curious and loving foal who thankfully now only seems to be lying down when he takes a snooze. He is maintaining a normal body temperature now too. He loves attention…he nickers when he sees you…

Training Update on Cameo

Cameo has been in training with Andrea Lucianna for 30 days, and things have not been entirely rosy for our little bay mare. She arrived at Half-Trak Farm with a bit of an eye infection that had to be treated with daily eye drops…a routine that she did not care for…

Foster/Training Update on Ginger

Update from Kim on Ginger: She has settled in really well, and faster than expected. She is comfortable with the routine and getting along well with other horses and people. She is horrified by the ā€œlionā€ (fluffy barn kitty) and gives major snorty stink eye. She has…

Sasha arrives at SAFE Harbor…eventfully

New horse Sasha sustained a head injury when she reared up and flipped in the trailer about an hour into her ride to SHS. The vet was called out, an exam revealed no bone involvement or brain injury. She was treated and the head wound was closed with staples. Trailer…

The best part of an Adoption Manager’s job…

The best part of an Adoption Manager’s job… a ā€œthank you for saving herā€ hug from a little girl who is over the moon for her very first pony. It just doesn’t get much better than that. Congratulations to Stella who took Maggie home with her today! You two have fun…

Everett Herald: Horses’ owner may be charged with animal cruelty

Horses’ owner may be charged with animal cruelty By Herald Staff Published Oct 4 2013 SNOHOMISH — Police here are recommending animal cruelty charges against the owner of two horses that apparently were so poorly cared for that one had to be euthanized. The case was…

2013 Q3 Impact Statement

New Horses Intake Date: July 17, 2013 Sapphire (owner surrender via Regional Animal Services of King County) Intake Date: August 31, 2013 Dottie (owner surrender) Intake Date: September 13, 2013 Atticus (City of Snohomish Police Dept) Scout (City of Snohomish Police…

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