When Paris Hilton was voted “Worst Pet Owner” in December of 2005, there was little reaction. Given her other notorious exploits, the fact that she would dump her “beloved” Chihuahua, Tinkerbell, for another smaller pet store purchased Chi when Tink became too big to carry, seemed par for the course. It wasn’t even big news when she subsequently showed up at a big event with a ferret … and then, later, at another event, with a kinkajou (illegally owned, by the way!). Paris will be Paris, after all… sad though that might be for the animal involved.
Last week, Ellen DeGeneres made headlines for her failure to honor the adoption agreement of Mutts and Moms, a rescue group, by placing the mixed-breed dog acquired from the group in a third-party home. Seems the little mix didn’t get along with Ellen’s cats. Seems Ellen didn’t read the contract she sign which clearly stated that if she could no longer keep the animal, it had to go back to the rescue. Seems Ellen thought she could bully the rescue by using her nationally televised TV show to sway their decision to repossess the dog. Seems Ellen thought wrong. As Marina Batkis, co-owner of Mutts and Moms, said “If Ellen wants to place dogs and decide what's a good home, then she should start her own rescue group. But I'm the one doing this and I know what I'm doing.” But, then again, Ellen should have known this - seems she has dumped dogs before…
And then we have Hillary Clinton. Yes, you read that right! Hillary Clinton! You know, the one that is hoping to get the democratic nod and is married to the Bill Clinton that likes cigars and interns (or is that cigars “in” ….). Seems when “Socks,” the White House Cat of the Bill era, was no longer needed, he was sent off to live with Bill’s personal secretary, Betty Curry. It should also be mentioned that “Buddy,” the White House Chocolate Lab, was allowed to run loose and, shortly after his departure from Washington, was flattened by a car. Hill, now really, will your campaign promises go the way of what you wrote in your book “Dear Socks, Dear Buddy: Kids’ Letters to the First Pets?” You know, where you said pets are an “adoption instead of an acquisition” and told kids to look out for their safety?
You know how they say that you can judge a person’s character by the way they treat their animals? And that is enough said on the topic …..
http://www.askmen.com/gossip/paris-hilton/paris-hiltons-new-dog.html
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/102407degeneres.1976eddfe.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article2702804.ece
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Comments: 3
Remember the days of Stuttering John from the Howard Stern Show. He asked all the tough questions that the press were afraid to ask. We need the 60's back – question authority! Ellen is the same thing no one is questioning her about the contract she signed.
Did she or her 20 lawyers read it? Oh wait this has happened in the past so didn't they learn from the past? No I'm a big star and I'm above all this.
Hil-Lie-ry Clinton and I quote "it takes a village" to dump the cat because it no longer serves a purpose in your political career. And she can't even keep track of her dog how's she going to be president? I think her Campaign slogan should be "let all the Republicans run free in the street maybe they'll meet the same fate as Buddy!"
Lastly and the most disturbing thing in your blog – I can't believe Bill wasted a perfectly good Cuban cigar.