Out of the can -- in more ways than one
When is a stinky, empty dog-food can worth seven figures?
Apparently, when its contents have been fed to the pampered pupsters of newly freed jailbird Paris Hilton.
Auctioned off on eBay by Hollywood StarTrash (their motto: "If it's not StarTrash, it's just Trash!"), the 13.2-ounce can of Party Animal Organic Gourmet Dog Food has been bid up to $1,500, 501 -- with three days left to go on the electronic auction.
You decide whether the online action -- which involved 49 bidders so far -- is legit.
"We guarantee that the items we are selling were taken from garbage in front of the celebrity's house," the listing assures, "but we cannot guarantee that the items were used or thrown out by the celebrity himself/herself."
The heiress' other detritus apparently has far less cachet -- a red toothbrush has reached only $285 so far.
Sick...Sick...Sick!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Pam A. | June 28, 2007 at 02:35 PM
If she'd only help rescue some animals instead of doing the constant party thing. I watched her on Larry King...she didn't ans. many questions straight, she almost changed the subject on most things he asked..She didn't convince me of anything except, she'll remain a spoiled, party going skank..I wonder why I bothered watching it...duh on me..
How about a few bucks for some dog rescue Paris?
Ackkkkkkkkk...
Posted by: rooooby | June 28, 2007 at 05:13 PM
AMEN ROOOOBY! I wasted my time watching that too. Dumb me....
Posted by: Kathleen Stephenson | June 28, 2007 at 06:37 PM
To everyone: I was so lucky I never did watched the CNN or the Paris Hilton because I was never a fan of either of those!
Sorry you had to suffered the awful, wasteful show.
Have a nice summer!!
Posted by: Paula Wright | June 28, 2007 at 08:23 PM
Hey Paula, nice to hear from you again, hope all is
well with you
Posted by: SueG | June 28, 2007 at 08:34 PM
MIRACLE OF MIRACLES!!
FOR ALL WHO REMEMBER AND PRAYED FOR ANNIE THE LOST BICHON IN FLORIDA WHO WAS THOUGHT TO BE DEAD.
PLEASE READ HER STORY. SHE IS ALIVE AND SAFE!!!
LET THIS GIVE US ALL HOPE AND FAITH IN OUR MIRACLE PRAYER FOR VIVI, SNIFFLES, HOPEY AND ALL THE OTHER LOST BABIES.
KEEPING HOPE ALIVE, VIVA LA VIVI!!
ROSA
http://www.sun-herald.com/breakingnews.cfm?id=2505
Posted by: Rosa | June 29, 2007 at 08:40 AM
NOT SURE WHY THE LINK ISN'T WORKING, BUT HERE IS THE STORY I CUT AND PASTED. IF YOU CAN GET IN THE LINK IT WILL HAVE HER PICTURE.
Annie's incredible journey ends, she returns home
(Last updated: 6:28 PM)
By STEPHEN BAUMANN
Staff Writer
ENGLEWOOD -- Call it "Survivor, Rotonda."
You wouldn't think a 22-pound package of wavy, white fur could tough it out alone for four months in a land of ticks, heat and alligators.
Cue the cameras, Walt.
Annie, the wayward bichon frise that ran off Feb. 22, is alive, relatively well and recuperating at the Englewood Animal Health Center.
She was captured on Sunday night in Rotonda with the help of the EARS Animal Rescue Sanctuary.
"I just can't believe it's her after all this time. It's just amazing to me," said Katie Wagner, animal coordinator with EARS, based in Englewood.
After breaking away from her owner, Annie became the most-wanted-animal in a cape-wide search involving dozens of people and hours, days and weeks of effort. The dog had been rescued from what Wagner called a "dog mill" in Wisconsin, where she continually bred litters of puppies until she was no longer of use. Small Paws Rescue, an organization that rescues bichons, took 4 1/2-year-old Annie and arranged an adoption with a woman living Rotonda.
But that was only the first leg of Annie's incredible journey in circles.
Out for a walk her second day in Florida, Annie wrenched herself away from her new owner and darted off, dragging her three-foot lead behind.
A major search and rescue effort ensued.
Small Paws sent three people from Michigan; they spent more than a week here. EARS coordinated more than 50 local responders. People from Fort Myers to Venice participated.
The Bonnie Parker of bichons, Annie eluded the dragnet.
She was netted twice, but rolled and ran.
She was shot twice with a tranquilizer dart, but "took off like a rocket" when hit, Wagner said.
Repeatedly, traps were baited and set. Repeatedly, she foiled them.
People searched. Residents reported sightings. But every time, Annie ran. Fast.
"She's been all over Rotonda, in all four quadrants," Wagner said. "Every time we'd get close to catching her in one area, she'd next be seen a couple of miles away."
Wagner acted as point on the rescue mission, taking calls and hunting down leads. In all, she said, she filled two 70-page notebooks with reports.
The canine intelligence chatter ceased suddenly two months ago.
"It was on April 5 that we got a sighting of an alligator with a dog," Wagner said. "After that, I didn't really hear anything until June 8."
The call said a small, white dog was being fed by a homeowner. Wagner investigated.
"I said, 'my God, it's Annie.' I didn't think she was alive," Wagner said.
Apparently, Wagner said, the peripatetic pooch was mooching meals house to house.
"A lot of people were feeding her," Wagner said. "People saw her hunting and attacking geckos. Other than that, I don't know what she was eating."
Annie would rest near homes, behind bushes, Wagner said. That way, she left herself escape routes.
"She's so fast," Wagner said.
Annie finally got outgunned Sunday.
Wagner showed residents in the Annapolis section of Rotonda how to set a trap.
They placed the food nearby, and every day the dog got closer. Finally, the food was placed inside the box and the door slapped shut.
Wagner got the call at 8:15 p.m. Sunday.
"I saw her in the trap and thought, 'Is it her or another dog?'" Wagner said. "I got down on my hands and knees and saw her tag."
Annie was a dirty, flea-infested mess.
"I don't know how she could see anything. Her eyes were so matted over with hair," Wagner said.
She brought the bichon to Englewood Animal Health Center on Placida Road, where she was cleaned and shaved and put back in a cage.
In all this time, she had lost her lead, but no weight. Her tag Monday said she was now 22.4 pounds.
"I just want to thank all of the amazing people who stepped forward, drove in circles and walked and walked to help find and capture the dog," Wagner said.
Someone from Small Paws is flying down Thursday afternoon to bring Annie to Oklahoma City, where she'll be put in a half-way home -- a socialization and rehabilitation center -- for ex-mill dogs.
Posted by: Rosa | June 29, 2007 at 08:48 AM
Rosa,
You just made my day with this incredible news on Annie. We can never stop believing.
Posted by: Marty | June 29, 2007 at 09:27 AM
What a story. Annie's story has left me speechless. She is a miracle. We must never give up. Vivi is out there and she will be found.
Posted by: Susan Lorinsky | June 29, 2007 at 05:53 PM
LOST WHIPPET!
Sharon just sent me this and asked me to post for everyone. Please send and cross-post to other people you know as well. Thanks.
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This was on another rescue site. Please forward to anyone in the Knoxville, TN area. Permission to cross-post.
Cheryl from Indiana
Please help spread the word and keep eyes and ears opened for Gabby.
ID: 1181210029
Species:Dog (Whippet)
Date Lost: 6/6/2007
Sex: Female
Did the Pet Have a Collar? Yes
Color of Collar: dark brown and white
Did the Pet Have a Tag? Yes
Name on Tag: Gabby
Is the Pet Spayed/Neutered? Yes
Is the Pet Microchipped?
Description
Gabby is a small Whippet with dark brown fur. She has a white belly and is white under her chin. She is a very timid dog and is afraid of strangers.
Location Where the Pet Was Lost
1909 Rivershores Drive. Knoxville, TN 37914
This is the Holston Hills / Strawberry Plains area.
Person Who Lost This Pet
Teresa Moffett
Home: 924-9885
Work: 924-9886
Cell: 924-9885
moffettt@k12tn.net
Posted by: Kathleen Stephenson | June 29, 2007 at 07:23 PM