Fujikawa Yamamoto <amm-j@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On 16 Oct 2007, ntantiques <ntantiques@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> posted some
> news:1192582128.073404.312710@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> On Oct 15, 2:29 pm, edonline <eronlineSPAM...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> http://www.tmz.com/2007/10/15/ellen-degeneres-doggone-nightmare/
>>>
>>> Ellen DeGeneres' Doggone Nightmare
>>> Posted Oct 15th 2007 4:09PM by TMZ Staff
>>>
>>> Talk show queen Ellen DeGeneres is caught in the middle of a doggy
>>> tug of war that has left an innocent girl in tears.
>>>
>>> Ellen and her girlfriend, ****tia de Rossi, adopted Iggy (a Brussels
>>> Griffon mix) from Mutts and Moms, a dog adoption agency. But things
>>> didn't work out as Ellen planned -- her cats didn't get along with
>>> Iggy -- so she gave the pooch to her hairdresser, who has two kids,
>>> including 12-year-old Ruby.
>>>
>>> Last night, a rep from the agency came to the hairdresser's home,
>>> claiming Ellen violated the contract by not informing the agency of
>>> the hand-off. The rep demanded to take the dog away. Ellen' s
>>> position -- yeah, she should have notified the agency, but she found
>>> a loving home and isn't that what counts? The agency rep stuck to her
>>> guns and removed the dog with cops present. Ruby is heartbroken;
>>> reduced to tears.
>>>
>>> Ellen says, "I kept saying, 'If you want to be mad at me, be mad at
>>> me, but don't take it out on the family. Don't take it out on the
>>> dog.'"
>>
>> Have personal experience working with animal rescue groups and can
>> just imagine the screaming and yelling that's going on over at Mutts
>> and Moms right now...
>>
>> Rescue groups often have people sign these agreements as a way to
>> protect the animals - the last thing you want to see happen to an
>> animal you've placed is to have the owner bounce it to another home
>> willy nilly. Sadly, many pets who "don't work out" end up back in
>> shelters or in less than loving homes, so the groups would rather have
>> the animal come back to them.
>>
>> I've never seen an animal removed from a loving and appropriate home
>> unless the home was absolutely the wrong placement for a particular
>> animal's age, size, needs, or personality. It's also conceivable
>> that the dog in question may have been placed with this organization
>> by an owner who was promised their pet would be placed in a child free
>> home - that happens sometimes particularly with elderly owners who go
>> into rest homes and make large donations to cement their wishes.
>>
>> It's also possible Mutts and Moms may have a board of directors that
>> insists upon rigid enforcement of their rules. I've seen this sort
>> of thing happen too - especially when more than one party was
>> interested in a particular animal or when the director or board were
>> power tripping. I do know that the minute people threaten small,
>> volunteer based rescue groups with legal action, otherwise rational
>> people go nuts and caring volunteers usually get caught in the
>> crossfire.
>>
>> I was horrified to see Ellen spill this mess out, complete with
>> racking sobs, on network TV this afternoon. Ellen blew it by not
>> adhering to the organization's adoption agreement. That said, unless
>> there's a darned good reason why the new home is unfit, I can't for
>> the life of me see why Mutts and Moms would have allowed the situation
>> to spin into such an Godawful stink. It's a lose-lose PR nightmare
>> for them - and Ellen's celebrity probably just smacked a well
>> intentioned rescue group into oblivion.
>>
>> NT
>
> Solomon says, cut the dog in half and give each party a piece.
>
Better yet, make it into kosher hot dogs.
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