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March 2024 by Triston Jensen
I didn't adopt but my girlfriend did. The staff were all very friendly and helpful. The cats are adorable.She loves her new kitty.
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March 2024 by Jeff Perkins
We got this wonderful cat here.The thing that startled me was that they were so happy we took a BLACK cat. No one else wanted this cuty!
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March 2024 by Cat
Didn't end up adopting here but the staff was lovely and the way they do adoptions is very caring
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March 2024 by The Festival Experience
This is such an amazing organization!! Dylan is the guy who runs everything and he is a blessing. The old shoreline location had a donation area outside with food, treats, toys, litter boxes and even cat trees. All in great shape! I haven't been to the new location , so not sure if they are still doing that. But recently I had to call Dylan because I have five kittens that I am fostering and need assistance. He gave me information on their monthly discounted appointments, and took over 20 minutes on the phone with me to give me about a dozen other resources nearby. It was so nice to have somebody so helpful doing it for the love of helping animals. Can't say enough good things about him and what he has created!
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March 2024 by Lauren “Marie” Fisk
EDIT: in regards to your reply, thank you for reaching out. You are correct on the push for frequent hand washing. That I do appreciate. But no, I was never educated on PPE or where it was located, and the employee training me did not use them or mention them.In regards to the person who posted about their kitten contracting giardia from SAFE, I’m here to back you up with possibly a worse story. I’m writing this review not as a customer, but as an ex employee. In 2022 I began work at SAFE as a cat caretaker. I loved my job but I was NEVER provided with proper PPE, nor trained on how to work with biohazardous material. Not even gloves. There were gloves maybe once or twice, but they were extremely scarce. I was never even told about them, a volunteer actually said something about it, to which there were only a few pairs left that I wanted the volunteers to have. After about a month of working with cats with profuse diarrhea with bare hands, I came down with an illness. Warning: this gets a bit graphic. I woke up one morning to excruciating pain in my stomach. I began to have profuse, watery diarrhea every 20 minutes. By the end of the night, I had to be taken to the ER. At the ER, my blood pressure dropped and my heart rate shot up significantly. I began to lose consciousness. I was immediately tested for septic shock (negative, thankfully). I was in so much pain they resorted to giving me oxy. After spending the night receiving fluids and a cocktail of meds, I was able to come home. However, whatever I had was contagious, as my fiance began to get sick with the same symptoms, this time with vomiting. The doctors didn’t want to test me, but they wanted to test my fiance who also needed to be taken to the ER. Due to unfortunate circumstances that I’m sure she’s not comfortable with sharing, we were unable to get a test for whatever this was. I thought it could’ve been food poisoning, but we hadn’t shared dinner the night before I fell ill. I cannot pin a singular meal that could’ve made me so sick, and we didn’t usually share meals. I was sick for TWO WEEKS. Food poisoning usually self limits to around 72 hours. The worst part; about a week to two weeks after my fiance recovered, she had a sudden resurgence of symptoms whilst I was at work with these sick cats. She called me to tell me she was driving herself to the hospital whilst she was suffering from projectile vomiting. I called my manager in a panic to ASK her if I could take the day off. She gave me permission, but later reprimanded me and told me that was not okay. If she had just told me it wasn’t okay in the first place, then I would’ve stayed. I’m unsure why that was not established. My hospital bill, because I don’t have insurance, was immeasurably large, and I was only being paid ~$16 an hour to work with literal biohazards. I lost everything. I lost all of my money, my apartment. I was forced to move back in with my mother in law. I may never know what almost killed me, but my symptoms do NOT line up with food poisoning. I am almost certain I picked up an illness from a sick cat, potentially a parasite (yes, humans can catch giardia!!!!) as some of them can be transmitted between animals and humans. The vet tech I worked with was rather rude when I asked about the sick cats as well. It is now 2024 and I am still suffering from the trauma this illness gave me, and am seeking out therapy (which is expensive). In addition, I also suffer from post infectious IBS which causes me significant pain on a daily basis. While I commend the staff for their passion, I will never forgive this rescue for the emotional turmoil it has caused me. I would not recommend adopting from this rescue as they focus on pushing adoptions as quickly as possible, meaning yes, they will adopt sick cats out. I’m sorry to those of you who have had to deal with similar issues and I hope they learn from their mistakes, or at least purchase gloves for those who work with the cats. My fiance works at petsmart, and even they provide PPE and training on biohazards. Please do better.
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March 2024 by Kyla Maupin
Edit #2: After a lot of grief and testing we finally isolated the illness to GIARDIA. Thanks for that, SAFe. You might want to let Kovi’s adopters know. If they haven’t already found out the hard way like we did….Edited in response to owner: Kovi did not develop health issues over time due to stress - the moment he came home with us he had diarrhea, worms and eye and nose discharge. We adopted on a Saturday and had him at the vet by Tuesday due to these concerns. However, I appreciate the response and attempted clarification. Best wishes to you and your rescue.Original review: Never again. We had a perfectly healthy solo kitten at home and after a week realized he needed a playmate. We were referred to SAFe by the person we adopted the kitten from. We took Kovi home after a fairly easy adoption process and immediately had issues upon full introduction. Resource guarding (wouldn’t let the kitten use the litter box or eat even though we had multiples stations of each) and jealousy. He even bit me and broke skin when I tried to intervene in him holding the kitten down. We had to bring him back and as others have said they do not refund any of the fees you paid (stated in the contract) so we were out hundreds of dollars with the adoption fee and subsequent vet bills. Basically we rented a cat for two weeks for an exorbitant price. Then to add insult to injury Kovi had come home to us with worms, diarrhea and eye and nose discharge and now our once perfectly healthy kitten has these as well! Meanwhile our kitten’s sister who came home with us - a few days after we returned Kovi - is perfectly healthy… for now. It’s not just a coincidence as this place adopts out sick kittens. When we arrived to adopt we saw two large litters of kittens with very obvious upper respiratory infections consisting of sneezing, discharge and lethargy. When we inquired the staff member just shrugged and said they would ask the vet about sending them to any potential homes with meds. I kept tabs on Kovi and when they put him back up for adoption they nowhere mentioned he needed to be an only cat and had a bite history - in fact they claimed he would be GREAT with other cats! They very likely did not waive his adoption fee either and rather collected a second - showing a certain lack of integrity on their part. Very unimpressed and will NOT be recommending this “rescue”. Now to spend even more money as we care for our sick kitten who has contracted Lord knows what from their facility.
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February 2024 by Nicole Gray
My experience is always amazing the volunteers are amazing and nice and always willing to help get stuff down for me or to see if there's a different kind there just accompanying to helping animals and owners care for there fur companion, I'm always sharing the info of where there located and wonderful business.
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February 2024 by Cameron Hofmann
Come volunteer! They need help!
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January 2024 by Anne Johnston
Staff are very friendly, and they really take care of the cats, while they are staying there before they get adopted.
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January 2024 by Mary Noren
Very clean, organized and the cats/kittens are very happy.Staff is friendly, kind and helpful with any questions we had.
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December 2023 by Marc Cohen
Very spiffy brand new facility. Friendly staff. We got our two lovely cats here. They offer same-day adoption.
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November 2023 by Cindy Kanda
Edit: After a year of adopting my cat Bin Bin from this shelter I will say that I absolutely loved and adore him! I wanted to find a cat similar in age as a playmate for my other kitten at the time. When I saw my (now) cat's profile on the website I knew I needed to get him. His personality and quirks described on the website is extremely accurate! He still loves to tickle/lick people and is pretty open to meeting new cats.When we arrived at the actual shelter the staff were extremely helpful during the waiting, application, and helping me meet new cats! I will say my partner and I did tons of research before adopting this cat so we are familiar with introducing cats, cats' behaviors, transitioning their diet, and knew exactly what cat and personality we were looking for which made the process much smoother. We also came the day we saw Bin Bin was uploaded to the website and since kittens tend to be adopted quickly. They also asked me lots of questions regarding my living situation (apartment) and wanted to clear that my roommate was okay with my new kitten which I especially appreciated! It showed that they care about their cats finding a forever home and not wanting them to suddenly be rehomed multiple times. They also told me about the medical records of each of the cats I was interested in which helped me ultimately determine which cat I wanted to adopt. Some advice for people who want to adopt: if you want a kitten you will need to adopt two unless you have one at home already (so be prepared), go to the shelter whenever you're ready asap because I've noticed the cats at this shelter are adopted fairly quickly, and do your research!!
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October 2023 by Pamela Anderson
I came in on adoption day and just inquired about volunteering. They are very open to giving you the role that you want. For example, I said, I just wanna be around cats and clean poop and not be around children. They were completely cool with that. Plus there were a ton of kittens, and they all looked very happy and healthy. There are a handful of older cats, which also look happy and healthy. I feel like I got my fix of kitties that day.
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October 2023 by Rinda Ann
A great little shelter that truly cares for their cats. Each cat has a nice and spacious kennel, with a cute little hideaway compartment they can sleep in, which I've never seen any other shelter have! They really care about their cats and the people adopting because every person going through the process gets an adoption counselor when they arrive, who goes through the entire process with them. It's really awesome to have somebody there with you the entire time answering any questions you may have. If you're looking to adopt a kitty, defintely go here!
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July 2023 by Ashley Gerhart
Three years ago, the Seattle Area Feline Rescue is where I adopted my two cats - Betty & Dax (formerly Mia & Manny). It was during the pandemic. I entered a lottery of sorts online and was then elected for a phone interview. I never met my cats before picking them up. I simply drove up and they were waiting for me outside in their pre-purchased carriers. Aside from the phone interview, I never physically saw or met anyone at the rescue due to social distancing. But I could always tell these cats had been well taken care of while there - they had been loved. Tonight as I sit reading with Betty on my lap and Dax playing nearby, my heart is so full and I felt the need to look this place up and tell you THANK YOU! Every loving interaction with every cat you rescue makes a world of difference and is felt by their future owners.
