Odd
WATE:
A Knox County couple is suing Walt Disney Entertainment and a laundry list of others because they claim their dog was taken from East Tennessee and cast in a blockbuster motion picture.
“The dog’s getting older every day. I want him to be with me as he’s getting older,” says William Robinson.
The Robinson’s dog, Kolby, is a pure-bred Alaskan malamute.
In the summer of 2004, the Robinson’s claim Kolby broke free from his leash attached to a dog run in their yard. They haven’t seen him, in person, since that day.
But on February 14, nearly two years later, came a frantic phone call from a family member.
“We’ve seen your dog in the paper, there’s a big story about Kolby in the paper,” said William, recounting the conversation.
The story was an article in the Knoxville News Sentinel. It was a review of the movie “Eight Below” and it discussed the K-9 allegedly Kolby as “.. a former Knoxville stray who was rescued and then discovered during a casting call.”
July 18th, 2006 at 10:45 am
I see they not only want the dog back, but a share of the profits of the movie…
July 18th, 2006 at 12:43 pm
If I lost my dog, I’d want it back. I might even want the rescue folks investigated. But money?
July 18th, 2006 at 3:01 pm
I’d check shelters for at least a month….
July 18th, 2006 at 10:27 pm
Anyone who leaves their dog chained to a “dog run” or other restrictive imprisonment doesn’t love the animal and shouldn’t have a pet in the first place. I live in a neighborhood FULL of ignorant rednecks who give their children a puppy, only to “chain it up” in perpetude when “the darn animal just won’t stop pooping in the house” and the kids don’t even pay attention to the poor thing.
A dog run, or any other chained restraint is NEVER to be used as a permanent restraint for ANY animal. Certainly, it is not to meant for the animal to be chained and then left outside. People that do that should be chained in their yard for 8 hours at a time to see how they like it. It makes the animal crazy and forces it to live and walk in it’s own feces. It makes the animal mean and aggressive.
These people just want an easy pay day. If they cared about the dog, they never would have chained it in the first place and they CERTAINLY would have checked with the pound.
July 18th, 2006 at 10:39 pm
also notice that WATE has a long history of “stories” about Mike Shipwash (the attorney in this case) clients. Of Course, that isn’t at all suspicious.
I just feel sorry for the animal rescue group that they will have to hire an attorney to defend themselves in this case. Most rescue operations run on a threadbare budget as it is, and never with the intenion of “getting rich.”
July 19th, 2006 at 1:28 pm
And WATE broadcasts weekly features promoting animals available for adoption at the Young-Williams Animal Shelter. Of Course, that isn’t at all suspicious.