Ellen: You Don’t Resort To Violence, Stop That
Ellen is saying that she is no longer going to speak out about Iggy on television, because the whole thing has gotten out of hand:
“Let me just say this, it’s gotten out of hand,” DeGeneres, 49, says on her NBC talk show in a segment set to air Thursday, according to the Associated Press. “I want nothing, nothing more than that dog returned to that family. But you don’t resort to violence. So anybody out there, please stop that. Please don’t threaten or do whatever.”
I’m not going to rehash the whole story, because I’m getting carpal tunnel typing all that stuff out. If you’re interested in reading my thoughts on the matter, you can click here for all the articles. In a nutshell, I believe that Marina Baktis appears to have a form of animal hoarding disguised as animal rescuing, she is too obsessive/compulsive in her adoption procedures, and she took Iggy under false pretenses in asking the family to fill out an application and then coming to the home only to swoop up Iggy and hold him for two hours without food, water, or potty break. Okay, I gotta stop or I’ll get all upset again.
First, let me say this: Ellen, love ya. But what did you expect? You have fans out there who are, to say the least, crazazy. It’s the same with any big star. And anyone who would call, email, whatever, and threaten violence against the owner and/or her store and/or her animals, their kibble done gone stale. But famous people attract this sort of obsessive devotion and that is sad. In this day and age, where Chris Crocker’s “LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!” video made him an instant celebutard, I’m sure that there were people who sought to make a name for themselves through this tragedy.
And secondly, let me say this: Any of you out there who did threaten violence, made death threats, whatever….what did you really expect to accomplish? Do you not realize that is illegal? If you were just trying to scare Marina into giving the dog back, congratulations…you just made the case for this woman to say how put-upon and persecuted she is. If you actually intended to go through with it….well, there’s nothing I can say to help you. You need professional help. What did you expect…to be the savior of Iggy? “Look at me, I saved Ellen’s dog, what a wonderful person I am!” You’re as bad as Marina.
There’s been enough heartache in this to go around. There’s absolutely no reason to resort to violence. There’s better ways of handling this than that. I thoroughly believe her rescue agency needs to be investigated by professionals, and the sooner the better so she doesn’t have time to move things around, like the dog crates she keeps the dogs in. She gives reputable animal agencies a bad name.
I will say this…anyone who has adopted a dog from this organization, you’d better make sure the microchip in your dog is registered to you. Otherwise, we might be hearing more stories like this.
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Oh so many crazies in the world. Wow, just WOW!
I will miss k’s excellent and fervent delivery of this story. k makes the mundane and silly downright riveting and exciting!
Comment by D — October 18, 2007 @ 5:07 pm
I really have to wonder if anyone has turned her in for hoarding or collecting dogs? Someone really should. I’m sure both Pasadena and Altadena (I’m not sure which one she lives in) have a restriction on the number of dogs you can have in a residential neighborhood. When I lived in Burbank, it was two. I believe you could have two dogs and two cats and that was it. The city actually closed down a dog rescue because they had more than the alloted number.
So, rather than threatening her with violence, why doesn’t someone just legally shut her down?
Comment by Melody — October 19, 2007 @ 6:35 am