Ellen's Emotional Plea- Page 9

[Elphaba]

Posted: 10/17/07 at 11:09am

Portnoy, says no fruitcup for Cooperross

[Patronus]

Posted: 10/17/07 at 11:14am

My Nolan is just bewildered by all this.
Updated On: 10/17/07 at 11:14 AM

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 10/17/07 at 11:20am

Miss Baby would appreciate if you would all keep it down so she could piss on her pad with a little dignity.

[Jane2]

Posted: 10/17/07 at 11:24am

My Robbie Sue is always happy!

[Patronus]

Posted: 10/17/07 at 11:26am

I couldn't find a picture of Ann Coulter with her dog, so this picture of just Ann will have to do - but she's unhappy as well!

[SonofMammaMiaSam]

Posted: 10/17/07 at 11:34am

The day that Ellen weeps on her show about men, women and children dying from AIDS in Africa, or anywhere else for that matter, is the day I'll give a rats ass.
Updated On: 10/17/07 at 11:34 AM

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 10/17/07 at 11:51am

Okay, wait...


Did the rescue group really dog-nap a dog from a house they didn't like the looks of?!


That's wrong.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 10/17/07 at 12:07pm

Shelter Owner Claims She's Received Death Threats After Taking Puppy From Home

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 10/17/07 at 12:10pm

That's expected.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 10/17/07 at 12:11pm

Before Ellen freaked the f*ck out yesterday about her repossessed puppy Iggy, her lawyers contacted Mutts & Moms to warn them:

We are filing a legal case against you. We are going to be contacting the media. This is not going to be good for your store or your organization. You did not do the right thing. You need to call back. There is no reason for you to take this dog. Please call back before this gets further out of hand.

And by further out of hand, Bush meant that America’s most beloved lesbian would be in tears over a dog.

Keith Fink, a lawyer for Mutts & Moms, told Page Six he thinks that Ellen is using her power to manipulate the situation.

“Ellen’s lying,” said Fink. “She is using her power and her access to the media to destroy this agency in the media. This is a woman who has signed many seven-figure contracts. She knows what she signed.”

...


Where Lawyers Fail, Tears Succeed

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 10/17/07 at 12:11pm

Really, Diva? The folks at the dog rescue should have expected death threats?

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 10/17/07 at 12:13pm

Once Ellen aired her message, yes.


It just makes them look bad, and you know people are going to get mean about it.



*edit* and thanks for the link, but you need to post it all..

"Ok, Mutts & Moms. It’s really sweet how you got this in the Post. Congratulations. But let’s be real. Ellen has a daily, nationally syndicated TV show. Just give the puppy back so we don’t have to see Ellen cry anymore."

Updated On: 10/17/07 at 12:13 PM

[Wilhelmina]

Posted: 10/17/07 at 12:24pm

Agency to Keep Ellen DeGeneres' Dog
By BETH HARRIS, Associated Press Writer

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Ellen DeGeneres' doggy drama intensified Tuesday after her tearful plea on her talk show led to death threats against the rescue group that took back her adopted dog for violating the contract, according to a spokesman for the agency's owners.

DeGeneres explained on her show that the Brussels Griffon terrier mix didn't get along with her cats, so she gave it to her hairstylist's family. The owners of Mutts and Moms claimed that DeGeneres violated the adoption agreement by not informing them that she was giving the dog away and removed Iggy from the hairstylist's home Sunday.

As a result of the publicity, Marina Batkis and Vanessa Chekroun received voice mail and e-mail threats of death and arson and were besieged by the media, disrupting business at Paws Boutique store in Pasadena, where they handle the volunteer, nonprofit rescue agency, attorney Keith A. Fink said.

Batkis rejected DeGeneres' plea to give the dog back to her hairstylist's family.

"She (Batkis) doesn't think this is the type of family that should have the dog," said Fink, who is not legally representing the owners but is authorized to speak for them. "She is adamant that she is not going to be bullied around by the Ellen DeGenereses of the world ... They are using their power, position and wealth to try to get what it is they want."

DeGeneres' attorney, Kevin Yorn, did not immediately return a message seeking comment.

"It's very upsetting to hear that someone is getting those kind of calls," DeGeneres' publicist Kelly Bush said. "Ellen just wants the dog reunited with the family."

On her talk show taped Tuesday and airing Wednesday, a serious DeGeneres reiterated to her audience that "the dog needs to go to the family."

It "just needs to be in a good home," she continued, according to a transcript given to The Associated Press. "All that you're supposed to do is put a dog in a loving home."

DeGeneres had said her hairdresser's daughters, ages 11 and 12, had bonded with Iggy and were heartbroken when the dog was taken away.

Fink said Moms and Mutts has a rule that families with children under 14 are not allowed to adopt small dogs.

"It's for the protection of the dog," he said.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 10/17/07 at 12:27pm

I've decided I'm going to find Rhonda and take her for myself simply because that's what I want. What's the problem? She'll have a good home.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 10/17/07 at 12:37pm

ive decided im going to park in handicapped parking spaces..

if i get a ticket, i will go on teevee & cry.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 10/17/07 at 12:40pm

Just try it norn and Rhonda (my seeing eye dog!) will call in a death threat!

[DayDreamer]

Posted: 10/17/07 at 12:46pm

Like I said early on, there are rules, and there are rules. And the blind enforcement of them "just because those are the rules" is just dumb.

Fink said Moms and Mutts has a rule that families with children under 14 are not allowed to adopt small dogs.

"It's for the protection of the dog," he said.

Maybe because once a child did not do well with a dog, does this mean they even considered this family? Were they immediately disqualified because the kids don't fit the random age range they have set up? We all know there are 12-year olds that are more responsible and care better for dogs than 20-year olds. I had a small dog given to me for my 10th birthday, and I took very good care of that dog.

[Patronus]

Posted: 10/17/07 at 12:52pm

I'm thinking of checking other people's mail just in case their magazines are better than mine.

If anyone says anything....I'll turn on the optical sprinklers. Updated On: 10/17/07 at 12:52 PM

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 10/17/07 at 12:54pm

But once they violate the rules for Ellen (and I'm not sure they didn't already when the gave her the dog in the first place) what's to stop the next person from expecting them to violate their rules, especially since it will show the world at large that the way to get what you want is through mawkish tv spectacles and death threats?

I want Rhonda, but I don't have a tv show and I don't feel comfortable threatening people. How can I get the rules bent for me?
Updated On: 10/17/07 at 12:54 PM

[DayDreamer]

Posted: 10/17/07 at 12:56pm

It's not about "violating" the rules. It's about taking it on a case-by-case basis. If they are concerned about children, then fine. Pay special attention. But it might be proven that their "rule" is keeping dogs from being adopted by worthy families.

It's like that pesky rule in some states that does not allow gays to adopt.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 10/17/07 at 12:58pm

Mutts and Moms didn't seem to have a problem with gays.
Updated On: 10/17/07 at 12:58 PM

[Patronus]

Posted: 10/17/07 at 1:07pm

I hate to break this to you, PRS...but Rhonda does. Rhonda hates the 'Mos.

Sorry.

WWPD?!?!

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 10/17/07 at 1:37pm

it's not an animal shelter..they are run by the state, county or city governments.

it is a private non-profit rescue organization. and they, btw, mostly rescue animals hours away from "the needle" by city shelters. But even they are selective. they get the fees waived if they are a legal non-profit org, at least in L.A.

Sounds like a shelter to me.

And, I defy anyone to watch that video more than once, and not laugh!
Updated On: 10/17/07 at 01:37 PM

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 10/17/07 at 1:51pm

Are these kids abusing the dog?

Are they simply to young to take care of it, according to the group?


Where does one come up with the age of 14 as being old enough to care for a dog?

What is the difference in the dogs size?

Would they have let them keep the dog if it was bigger?


This is just odd.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 10/17/07 at 2:26pm

So, the very fact that you ask all these questions clearly indicates you don't know how the rescue system works.

And fuk of, Patronus. You cant be meen to me whenn Im making ipod cuvers four the pour.