found herself at the center of backlash after she sent her puppy Mary back to an animal shelter for chewing up her passport. The Smile singer’s rehoming move caught so much flak from animal-loving members sent her a letter in addition to a mechanical toy dog. PETA’s Elisa Allen wrote: “It really is the only animal you should bring into your home.
Dogs should never be treated as accessories to be discarded when they become inconvenient. Also, the official PETA X, formerly Twitter, account took another shot at , scolding her on the social media platform. “As someone high profile with a platform, what you say matters.
Laughing about this ‘f- - -king’ dog being sent back sends a dangerous message,” the post read. “Every move is traumatic to a homeless dog who then can never expect this home is forever.” Lily reshared PETA’s tweet with the reply, “Nineteen Eighty Paws,” seemingly referencing George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four amid the scandal.
The Hard Out Here songstress revealed on an episode of her Miss Me? podcast on Monday specifically why she gave her pup Mary up. She said she "tried very hard" but "it just didn't work out," saying that Mary eating some of her family's passports had been "the straw that broke the camel's back.” While Lily’s decision might have been the best choice for her, it’s not the best move in the eyes of PETA, for two major reasons.
A rep for the animal organization told The Mirror US that Lily “failing.