Dog FAQ

Dog lovers who also love music may well be interested to hear that singer-songwriter Lily Allen, who shot to fame with the song “Smile” is also a dog lover, and she has a lovely English bull terrier called Maggie May.

Lily was very upset in December of last year when her dog was stolen from the back of a van in London. Fortunately Lily and Maggie May were reunited in January of this year, when a man phoned Lily claiming to have just bought Maggie May. Lily’s friends met the man and gave him some money in return for the dog. However, it is feared that the man and his associates may have been involved in stealing the dog.

It seems that in London, quite large numbers of dogs go missing, presumed stolen, each month. It is thought that some pedigree dogs are stolen so that people can resell them in order to get money to buy drugs. There is also a suspicion that the dogs could be stolen in connection with the organising of illegal dog fights. There is also the possibility that dogs are stolen so that the thieves will later be able to claim the reward when the distressed owner offers a decent sum.

In the case of Maggie May, it is not clear what the situation was. When Maggie May was returned, the fact that she had fleas made Lily and her friends wonder if Maggie May had been kept with other dogs.

Lily described herself as “overjoyed” to have Maggie May back.

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