Media Coverage

Majority taken to Center Valley Animal Rescue in Quilcene QUILCENE — More than 50 animals have been seized and placed in the care of Center Valley Animal Rescue following a case in which Jefferson County Sheriff’s deputies suspect animal neglect.

The director of Center Valley Animal Rescue has never seen anything like it. Normally, Sara Penhallagon receives two or three adoption applications weekly. She had 40 come in during one recent week.

While the rest of the state has been coping with the impacts of the coronavirus, the Center Valley Animal Rescue of Quilcene has been helping treat a highly contagious viral disease of its own, except its patients have been rabbits rather than humans.

QUILCENE — Center Valley Animal Rescue is one of two organizations nationwide to receive donated equipment this year through the Foundation for Veterinary Dentistry.

Center Valley Animal Rescue in Jefferson County is caring for the animals seized from a Clallam County resident’s property in late June.