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Oct17
Ellen DeGeneres Crying Performance Over Dog, Results in Death Threats to Animal Rescue Organization

The owners of Mutts and Moms, an animal rescue organization, have received death threats after Ellen DeGeneres irresponsibly used her position as TV talk host in an attempt to manipulate the situation.

DeGeneres put on a performance of tears, as if in some way she had been wronged, when a dog she had placed in her home didn't get along with the cats she had. So instead of returning the dog to the organization, per the agreement, she took it upon herself to place the dog in the home of her hairdresser.

Of course the animal rescue organization had to take the dog back, as the agreement stated.

Not liking that decision, DeGeneres went on TV and ended up revealing the situation, which initiated a hate campaign against the owners, as her viewers have sent death threats through emails and phone messages to the animal rescue owners.

Keith A. Fink, a lawyer for rescue group owner Marina Batkis, says, "She (Batkis) 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."

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Fink added that "Most of them are hate e-mails threatening them with lynchings, bombings of their home."

In a strange response, DeGeneres said, "This is so insane. It's just the dog needs to go to the family."

The lawyer for Batkis is right, DeGeneres is attempting to bully the owners of the animal rescue organization, using her celebrity and talk show pulpit. Who is DeGeneres, who rejected the dog, and made a poor decision in the first place as a fit for her home, now suddenly to assert she has the wisdom to make the decision on where the dog should go?

Batkin wisely added, "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."

DeGeneres needs to just be quiet and quit making statements that end up with her viewers terrorizing these people with threats.

She needs to take responsibility for her actions and statements and admit she's screwed up and leave it alone.


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Everyone seems overly concerned for the dog. I think you're right in noting that Ellen made some bad choices - firstly that the dog was going to fit in with her other pets - secondly that she gave the dog away when she clearly wasn't allowed to - and thirdly that she broke down on National TV in such an overly dramatic and irrational way.

This is totally about celebrity abuse of power. Wealthy famous people usually feel a sense of entitlement to be above the law, to do things their own way, to always be number one, to always be right, to set their own rule, to add or delete any part agreement or contract that do not benefit them. Instead of dumping the dog on her hairdresser, she should have returned the dog and asked the hairdresser family to come in and do a formal adoption as agreed in the agreement. That way, the family could be screened for long term compatiblity with Iggy . No body know what Iggy has been through. If Iggy bites a kid , Iggy may never be adoptable, or even worse euthanized. So appropriate home screening is important to the animal, not the people. The laws are made to protect animals that cannot speak for themselves. There are also laws made to protect children that cannot speak for themselves. It is there for a reason~ to protect the innocent, not the rich,wealhty, powerful , spoiled, famous people that never had the experience of opening their own animal rescue and actually do animal rescue themselves. Iggy is placed in a loving home so mission is accomplished. With the whole Ellen manipulating sobbing performance we would think Iggy was dead or something. Ellen lives in California, those sobby tears would make more sense for fire damaged pets, livestocks, horses, zoo animals, and wild animals. It look very hypocritial to be crying over a dog that is obviously doing well in a new home. Those tears look self serving considering how many animals need to be rescued in the fire.

With all the animals being torched up in Southern California due to wild fire these so call animals lovers do not even give a hoot , donate their time, or money, but instead give death threat and force the rescue group to shut down during such crucial moment in the most catastrophic fire in California history. Bush declared state of Emergency and so did Governor Schwarzenegger. It is shocking how much the media can control the minds of people. Some are so bogged down with the small picture that they cannot even see the big picture of what this whole thing is all about. It is deliberate attack when Ellen goes on her own show publicly humiliating an organization through tactful teary cries. She could have solved the issue in private court if she feels that she is right. Iam sure the law is on her side as we have a great jury system in America. Going around destroying an animal rescue organization is a very very low move. Especially when she never even allowed the other side to speak on their behalf on her show. The least Ellen should do not, if she is politically smart is to donate and help out animals in the fire. Otherwise, her downfall will hit hard next year rolls around.

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