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Sara’s Sanctuary is a Federally Licensed 501 (c) 3 non profit Animal Rescue Facility & USDA licensed.
Sara’s Sanctuary is not open to the public. We are often asked, “Why Not?” The answer is: Sara’s Sanctuary is not a zoo. We are a rescue facility that was created to provide animals in need a quiet, predictable, safe and loving home, something many of them have never known before. Because of their backgrounds, many of the animals that are here, can be unpredictable and react negatively around humans they don’t know. Many of animals were illegally purchased, according to Washingston State laws, so subsequently confiscated by city or county agencies before they were brought to us. These animals, are innately wild animals and many need to be protected from the stress of further human exposure and interaction. The animal’s daily care and well-being is our number one priority. We hope that reading their stories and viewing their pictures, you will learn what we are all about. You can take a peek at many of our wonderful babies, and hope you will better understand our mission for the animals that come to us. Have you found an orphaned baby? It is baby season… there will be many baby critters out there, trying very hard to survive with nature and us HUMANS. There are many baby squirrels, baby cottontails (wild baby rabbits), raccoons, and fawns (baby deer), which might seem like they have been abandoned. Please stop – before you make that decesion to pick them up! Usually, the situation is OK, and the mother has just been scared off by humans or other animals, or typically they are off feeding themselves. They are probably waiting nearby to continue to care for their babies until you go away! Please resist picking them up! If you truly think they are injured or orphaned, only then – pick them up and intervine, and then you MUST take them to a licensed rehabilitation facility. Baby bunnies are the first that people seem to pick up when they don’t need your help – Please read the Baby Cottontail Information located on our “Contact” page before you try to make that determination. If you feel any that there are any wildlife in danger, please call a wild life rehab center – just click on the links for WA. state (wild life) |
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Charlie’s Story
Charlie
Charlie is the perfect example of why Sara’s Sanctuary was created and what we strive to achieve with all the animals that find their way to our door. With patience, persistence and a lot of love, almost every one of them can have a very happy story, too!
Charlie came to us from a wonderful, caring rescuer in California who had been trying to raise him in his kitchen for over a year. Although, he obviously loved this crow, he knew Charlie needed more specialized care than he would be able to provide. So, he brought him to here to our Sanctuary. Charlie had no tail or wing feathers. We called him “Bumble Bee” because he and would fly straight up and drop back down, he couldn’t balance himself upright on a perch. We needed to build a cage that would help to keep him from continually falling on his back. We added different sized ladders for him to learn to balance himself and to eventually be able to walk down onto the grass when he was strong enough and finally conquered his fear of open spaces. (more…)