dear ellen
Love your show and your australian connection. The story about iggy was so sad hope that everything has turned out right it goes to show even when you think your doing something good it doesnt its a shame some people have to always todot the eyes and full stops.
We your fans know you tried to do the right thing and so do the people you gave iggy to for ithink your a lovely person with the greatest smile keep it up as you helped me so much after my operation.
hope you come to Australia soon and my name will be on the top of the list to see you in person fond regards &best wishes BEV

Animal lover, Thanks for the support. I dont think that most people realize the magnitude of the homeless pet problem. Here on the east coast, or at least in my area, there are low cost spay and neuter programs as well as the spay a stray programs. The problem is that most people just keep making excuses. Of course all animals which are adopted through rescues are usually spayed or neutered before ever leaving their foster home. We do our best to help control the ever growing population of unwanted puppies and kittens. Even though over 10,000 dogs are killed in shelters each day, a new puppy is being born every 9 seconds. For each new puppy, another dog will have to die in a shelter. Its senseless to fight over Iggy. Regardless of each persons opinion about how it all went down, the sad fact is that he is just one of millions of abandoned animals who will either find a home or die waiting. Fostering is rewarding and frustrating at the same time. For each one we save, thousands more are left behind. Its hearbreaking but totally the fault of careless pet owners and breeders. Spaying and neutering IS the answer and a cheap and easy one at that. Now all we have to do is make it mandatory and we can finally beging to get control of the vast numbers of homeless animals. Every one of us can help.

Last I heard, the dog was adopted into another home and is still there. Yvette, this is a public site and regardless of whose name is on it, it is open for public comments. Your precious Ellen and Portia made a decision not to keep the dog, so why should they care what happens to it? The rescue was the one who save him from the dog pound when he was sickly and they are the ones who took him back into their rescue when he was rejected by his adopters. It doesnt matter who they were, what matters is they chose not to keep him and their contract said he goes back to the rescue if he cant remain in to home he was adopted into. This is standard in almost ALL rescue contracts, ask around, I did. If children and celebrities werent involved, nobody would have given a hoot what happened to the scruffy little dog. Over 10,000 dogs are killed in shelters every year because they dont get adopted. How many have you adopted?? Quit fighting for the little dog who has a family now and do something to save at least one of the ones whose life is in jeopardy right now. I do every day. I am a foster home for a rescue organization and right now I have 5 extra dogs in my home. Give it a try, you might change your views on who is the best home for the lives in YOUR hands.

Ok you people that seem to think they didn't WANT iggy are completely wrong. Do you not remember the story? They wanted him, but it wasn't working with the rest of their animals and she couldn't give him the attention that the puppy needed. She was upset because the dog was taken away from two little girls!! GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT!!!!! and get off the web site haters this isn't perezhilton.com this is ellen.com

Bobbi, You're right, adopting a child isnt the same and the laws are different. If a child loses a parent or nobody wants them, they dont go into a shelter and risk being gassed to death if they dont get re adopted in a few days. Rescuers take their mission very seriously and just want to make sure that if the adoption doesnt work out, the animal can be found a new home and wont ever face losing their life in a shelter situation. We screen people to make sure that the match will be a good one and the animal isnt returned to us because they made a mistake as in Ellen's case. If Ellen's hairdresser had been willing to go through the same screening process as any other adopter instead of relying on her friendship with Ellen to carry weight, she probably would have ended up with Iggy. The whole situation was handled poorly but in the end, Iggy was adopted and hopefully now lives a good life.

Hi Ellen:

I think what you did with Iggy is the most amazing thing anyone could have done. Are you telling me that if I was to adopt a child from an ophange (I know an animal isn't a child, but to some people their pets are like their children)and something should happen to me, does it mean that the child has to go back there? and not to a family member? I would hope not. If this was such a rescue place that they claim to be? then they should be happy that a loving family has taken in the pup.
I am finding this so hard to believe that the owner of the rescue facility can sleep at night, knowing what they did.
Ellen don't ever change who you are for a measly piece of paper. I hope that if you had to do it again you would do nothing different.
We love you here in Canada Ellen.

Take care.

Bobbi

Ellen you shouldn't blame yourself for what happened to Iggy. You are a woman with feelings and clearly the people who work at the place where you adopted Iggy can't see that and they clearly didn't consider your feelings before they took that dog away from the loving home.

It is amazeing that people are still comenting on what happened months ago... We are all extreamly sorry about iggy, but I hope Portia make you feel tons better.

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Ellen by far you are the most real, and humanly kind talkshow host. You are in our living room everyday. Your show is on daily recording . Always be here, we love you. your great--Melody Avon Park, Fla.