Carnation woman charged with felony cruelty in horse-abuse case
By Natalie Singer
Feb 27 2008
A Carnation woman who runs a horse-breeding and boarding business was charged today with three counts of felony first-degree animal cruelty after animal-control officers said they found four dead horses, an emaciated foal on the brink of death and nine other horses without food or drinkable water on her property.
Jean Marie Elledge, 56, faces up to a year in jail if convicted.
King County animal-control officers went out to Elledge’s property after they were contacted a week ago by officials in Snohomish County, who are investigating the alleged abuses of horses on property she owns in Monroe.
Animal-control officers who visited the Carnation property with a veterinarian found the youngest horse dehydrated and near death, according to the charging documents. A search of the property then revealed nine other emaciated horses, four dead horses located around the property, and a lack of grass and drinkable water, according to charging documents. Read the full story at Seattle Times.com
Phoenix (Dean Rutz/Seattle Times)
Hope, Willow & Lily (Dean Rutz/Seattle Times)
