I am sure you remember that not too long ago, Ellen DeGeneres sobbed publicly on her daytime talk show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Ellen gave one of her workers a dog named Iggy. It seems that Ellen had adopted Iggy, not knowing that she wasn’t free to give the dog away. The authorities found out and took the dog back. That’s when the crying started.
Now Ellen has teamed up with Richard Thompson and the two are on a mission to restore rundown animal shelters. Ellen and Richard met on her show because of their mutual love for animals. A sanctuary in Monkey Run, Arkansas, is the first stop in their efforts. Be sure to check out Thompson’s website zootoo.com.
Lucky for Ellen, all she has to do is bring her star power. Thompson is footing the bill and doing the leg work on the project. Thompson feels that Ellen got a bad rap over the Iggy debacle and wants people to see her in a different light.