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It all started when Ellen DeGeneres adopted a pup from the Iggy from Mutts and Moms animal shelter in Pasadena, Calif. After a while, it became clear that Iggy was not going to get along with Ellen’s cats, so Ellen gave the pup to her hairdresser’s 11- and 12-year-old daughters. The shelter took the puppy away from the girls citing the agreement that Ellen has signed agreeing to return the pup to the shelter if she could not care for it. This triggered Ellen’s tearful appeal on her show to the shelter for Iggy’s return to the family and of course a team of lawyers working behind the scenes. Check out some other celebrities not afraid to speak out about their beliefs:
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"Today is a hard day for me. Today is bad. I am not capable of coming out and pretending to be funny … when things are going so terribly wrong right now," DeGeneres said.
Then the bubbly comedian launched into an emotional monologue.
"I feel totally responsible for it and I'm so sorry," she said on air. "I'm begging them to give that dog back to that family. I just want the family to have their dog. It's not their fault. It's my fault. I shouldn't have given the dog away. Just please give the dog back to those little girls."
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