Animal rights activists have once again shown their true colors in the recent controversy of Ellen DeGeneres and her tearful lament over her recently adopted dog Iggy. 

As readers may recall DeGeneres adopted Iggy from a shelter called Mutts and Moms.  She agreed to abide by the adoption agreement which said that she had to return the dog to the shelter if she changed her mind about keeping it.  As it turns out, Iggy couldn’t get along with Ellen’s cats so he needed to go.  Rather than return him to the shelter as per the agreement DeGeneres gave him to her hairdresser.  The shelter objected to this arrangement when they learned about it and took Iggy back prompting DeGeneres’ public outburst. 

The shelter owner for her part has suffered immensely from the DeGeneres backlash as she received death threats from animal rights activist and was even forced to close her business temporarily as a result of all the negative publicity brought upon her. 

Memo to Ellen- Mutts and Moms actually gives pets a second chance.  They actually like animals and want them to be with good families.  Yet you made the owner Marina Batkis out to be some sort of villain when you yourself didn’t abide by the agreement.  Maybe if you had talked to the owner before giving away the dog this could have all been avoided.

But that’s probably too much to ask for someone who apparently believes that rules are made to be broken.

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