Katie Price has welcomed a brand new Labrador puppy into her home, regardless of beforehand stating “I am unable to have any extra dogs”. The mum-of-five already has six different dogs, however could not resist including one other to her brood.
She determined to soak up the black Labrador puppy, regardless that a few of her household questioned her choice. Katie mentioned she “could not say no” and requested “what distinction is one other one?”.
However, this information may upset followers who’re conscious of the sudden deaths of seven of her pets up to now six years.
Over 35,000 folks have signed a petition to cease Katie from proudly owning any extra animals after the dying of her German Shepherd Blade earlier this yr.
On her podcast, The Katie Price Show, she instructed her sister Sophie: “I get a name from a good friend throughout the highway saying ‘Kate, somebody has simply given me a puppy, they cannot have it, can you’ve got it?’.”
She continued: “I’m like ‘what’s it?’ ‘a black Labrador’ and I went ‘aw I actually cannot have any extra dogs’ and I mentioned simply carry it over. So I’ve bought a 9 week old Labrador puppy. They had puppies, bought it to somebody they usually bought it for his or her child who has bought autism however the child goes completely mad with it. I mentioned carry it round, so I’ve rescued a canine.”
Sophie requested why Katie wanted a seventh canine, to which she responded: “I could not say no, it turned up and desires a home, so I’ve rescued a black Labrador pup. The dogs are all going loopy and it is a bit of woman and I do not usually have little women due to their durations as a result of it is mess, however I could not say no.”
Blade, one among her dogs, was tragically hit by a automotive close to her home in June. This accident occurred on the identical highway the place one other of her Pomeranian dogs, Sharon, was additionally struck seven months earlier.
Katie had purchased a canine to cheer up her daughter Princess, then 13, after her canine Sparkle was killed by a automotive. The German Shepherd had been adopted by Katie in January 2019 however sadly escaped from her home in West Sussex and ran onto the A24.
Another of Katie’s German Shepherds, Queenie, was additionally killed in what she claimed was a hit-and-run incident brought on by a “heartless supply driver”.
A petition to forestall her from proudly owning any extra animals emerged in 2021 and noticed a sudden inflow of supporters after Blade’s dying earlier this yr. Animal rights group PETA has additionally acknowledged that the star ought to be stopped from proudly owning any extra pets.
The organisation’s director, Elisa Allen, instructed The Sun: “Given her monitor report with animals, a number of of whom have died in her ‘care’, it might be irresponsible and reckless for Katie to be allowed to amass one other one. And any breeder keen to promote to her is clearly placing revenue over the animals’ welfare.”
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