No matter what you might think of Oprah, she has a media machine that is the envy of many. Her perch is mighty high and reaches a lot of people.
In the past, I've had a few words of scorn for the daytime queen. Mostly around her adopting those oh-so-adorable Golden Retrievers, then featuring training sessions with them. Give me a break! She should try her hand some day with more challenging dogs like Wylie, I scoffed.
Well, today she redeemed herself. If you have not had a chance to see the show, find someone who Tivo'd it, or look for it in reruns. She featured an inside look and puppy mills, reported by Lisa Ling. That was intense enough--then she took us into the daily life at the Fort Worth, TX animal shelter, including the filming of an euthanasia procedure.
If you know of anyone who needs to know more about why adoption and rescue are such critical issues for our community, make sure they watch this episode of Oprah because it's a mind changer.
Oh--and Oprah says, from now on she will adopt dogs from shelters. Her mind was changed, too.
We had tears all around in this house, and hugged the dogs hard.
Nice to see celebrities taking the time to take on a cause. Hopefully she really will get a shelter dog down the road.
Posted by: Pet Urns | April 07, 2008 at 09:06 PM