What Happened to Ellen's Dogs?

I keep reading what an animal lover and all-around wonderful person Ellen Degeneres is. She's not. She has adopted then gotten rid of at least 6 dogs in the last 7 years. Maybe more.

From her bio at IMDB:

Has two dogs named Bootsie and Muffin.

September, 2003, from SFGate.com:

DeGeneres' love of animals is a frequent theme on the show. This week there was much talk of a large bird that has been threatening her koi pond. Next week, Bay Area fans can expect at least some mention of a dog she adopted during her recent Bay Area trip.

While visiting KNTV's Battery Street studios on Sept. 5, she saw another newscast featuring an Oakland SPCA orphan. A few phone calls later, and the 12- week-old female border collie was rushed to the airport.

The dog has since been adopted (DeGeneres is calling her "Oakland"), and is now a Los Angeles resident.

November, 2003. Lucy:

Ellen DeGeneres, seeking to pump up ratings for her new talk show, ran a quickie contest to name her new dog, an adopted shelter mutt. The audience chose “Lucy.”

Is "Lucy" a new name for "Oakland", or is Lucy yet another dog Ellen "adopted" on a whim?

There was Mouse, a "morkie" (Maltese/Yorkie mix). Where did Mouse go?

There was Pig the French Bulldog. (Also in Ellen's own Facebook Notes.) What happened to Pig? She made such a fuss over him, started a line of greeting cards featuring him, then poof! he disappeared. No more mentions of Pig. So where'd he go?

There was Stormy, a male mixed breed, that Ellen gave away. From the NY Post's Page Six:

Kerri Randles says she gave DeGeneres a male mutt named Stormy two years ago, only to find out less than two months later that fickle Ellen had re-gifted him to a member of her staff.

"She may have had it for much less time than that. I only say two months because that's when I called to check on the dog and found out she no longer had it," Randles said. "I was totally shocked. I thought she was out of her mind."

And then, of course, there was Iggy.

Bootsie, Muffin, Oakland (aka Lucy?), Pig, Stormy, Iggy. That's at least six, maybe 7. There was a pair of kittens, too. We know what happened to Iggy, what happened to the rest??

In addition, Ellen was recently named as PETA's Woman of the Year. Yeah, that's a group I want to be honored by; PETA killed almost 98% of the animals that came into their shelter last year. Here is their 2009 Year-End Report to the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. I'll do the math for you:

• 3918 dogs received. Subtract
  15 "on hand" as of 1/1/09 and
  3191 "taken in" for sterilization and returned to their owners.
  Total: 712 dogs
• 7110 cats received. Subtract
  2 on hand 1/1/09 and
  5469 "taken in" for sterilization and returned to their owners.
  Total: 1639 cats
• Total dogs adopted out: 3. Total dogs transferred to other facilities: 5. One dog died while in their care.
  Euthanized: 681
  Total euthanasia rate for dogs: 95.64%
• Total cats adopted out: 5. Total cats transferred to other facilities: 3
  Euthanized: 1620
  Total euthanasia rate for cats: 98.84%
• Combined total dogs and cats taken in (not including those for sterilization): 2351
  Combined total dogs and cats euthanized: 2301
  Combined total euthanasia rate: 97.87%

So "animal lover Ellen" is a serial dog-dumper, and is a spokeswoman for a group that euthanizes almost 98% of the animals that come into their care. Something to be proud of, eh?