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Lots of people break big news over Twitter. For Jessica Simpson, the latest dish is nothing short of heartbreaking.
Simpson's dog, Daisy a maltese-poodle mix, was taken by a coyote yesterday, reports MSNBC.com. The 29-year-old singer tweeted about the incident last night. "My heart is broken because a coyote took my precious Daisy right in front of our eyes. HORROR! We are searching. Hoping. Please help!" she wrote on her Twitter page.
Simpson also posted a Twitpic of a "Reward Offered" poster featuring a photo of the carmel-colored pup and asking anyone with information about the missing dog to get in touch via e-mail.
"We heard yelling and screaming coming from the direction of Jessica's house around 9 p.m.," an unidentified neighbor told the Boston Globe. "I can only imagine that it was that moment that it happened because the next day we saw posters up around the neighborhood announcing that Jessica had lost her dog to a coyote. It's so sad."
The Boston Globe adds that it's not the first time Jessica has tweeted about Daisy. Last month, she wrote on her twitter page that Daisy was smitten with a dog named Bella. "Daisy and her best friend Bella back together again. Lesbian lovas forever!" she wrote.
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I feel so bad for her!!! U can tell she loves that dog and it was a gift from Nick a couple yrs ago. Daisy is gone......we have similar problems with coyotes here in CO. My heart goes out to U, Jess!!
Has anybody considered the possibility that "Daisy" actually RAN toward the coyote in order to commit suicide, as in the episode of South Park where Paris Hilton's dog committed suicide rather than continue to endure the misery of her company?
Perhaps the boys who produce South Park were prescient...
Bless her heart. This is a terrible loss. Thinking of you Jess...
This is very sad. I can't even imagine this happening to me. I am heartbroken for her. I know how much she loved that dog. My thoughts are with you Jessica.
You know? Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, bull?
sadly if a coyote took the dog,posters wont bring it back.it was supper. sorry!
Yes Ray, That's true.... I live in the Sunset Strip/Hollywood Hills as well, and you can see the coyotes crossing the street early in the morning and late afternoon.... they have been known to swipe dogs right in front of their owners eyes... Everyone in the hills knows... Put your pets INSIDE at dusk... heck... if they are really hungry .... they'll take them during the day.
I was going to say something along the lines of....... I think I know where your dog is Jessica. I saw a coyote in my back yard leavin' a load and there was this shiney rhinestone collar that came along with the load. Which came first, the chicken of the sea or the "please help me a coyote snatched my pooch, sniff sniff". COME ON, FOR REAL. WHY would you EVEN ask for help locating your dog if you saw it get snatched by a coyote? Rediculous
Since so many "heartbroken" imbeciles seems to need some comfort concerning Daisy gittin' et, I'll offer this:
The relationship between coyotes and domestic dogs is more than just one of "predator-prey". Romantic love enters in, as well.
In northern Missouri, about an hour from the Iowa line (where my mom lives), coyotes and dogs have hybridized so much that local hunters no longer go after coyote pelts due to the genetic influence of domestic dogs, which I'm told degrades the quality of the pelt. One hunter told me he used to get $50.00/pelt. Now the best he can get is half that.
I'll add that my mom rescued a coyote pup from a den that was destroyed by a bulldozer, killing its mother and siblings. Eventually had to shoot it though--wouldn't leave her livestock alone.
I've seen coyote-dog hybrids (called "coy-dogs") as well. They're weird and spooky, and only attach themselves to one person, acting terrified of anyone else. Not a bad looking breed, though.
My son lives in Australia. There they have dingos, introduced by the Aboriginal folks when they colonized Oz 30,000-60,000 years ago. Now THERE'S a dangerous canine. Tasmanian Devils used to live on the Australian mainland. They were wiped out by the Dingos.
I go to Oz usually twice a year to visit my son and my granddaughters. During one trip, a couple with the bad judgment to try and keep a Dingo for a pet made the national news when it killed their two year-old son.
If any of you pimple-brains want something to GRIEVE over to perpetuate the delusion that you actually have feelings, you might consider that one.
Sorry for your loss, but FENCES people. In California you NEED fences when you live in the hills. OR you need to stand out there and watch your dog when It goes out. It's laziness , not that these people deserve to have that kind of heartbreak , but what do you expect when you have Hor dourve ( I know I didn't spell that right) size dogs and you know there are coyotes in the CA hills. I live on the east coast and we have coyotes and hawks and owls etc.. I stand out there while my chihuahua goes pee, like I stand with my kids at the bus stop. SO NO PREDATORS WILL TAKE THEM AWAY... It's my responsibility.
go easy, cant watch everyone every sec
Here in CT too- my poor cat was dinner back in June. Wish we had a fence!!! People hang up missing posters for their cats- fat chance of ever finding them where we live!
Cara..I totally agree with you. If there are known predators around...including human.....then you must protect your children and pets or they will be vulnerable.
If a coyote gets someons pet....it is the owner to blame.
Coyotes will scale fences ... I've seen them walk along our 6 ft adobe fence many times
I agree with you 100% and having lived in CA in the desert and having neighbors who had their dogs taken by the coyotes I take my dogs out even living in the city now. We have the coyotes here also but I am outside with my dogs when they go pee and I walk them and carry pepper spray so if a stray decides they want my dogs for supper I can get them away.
If you have a dog no bigger than a can of dog food, you need to keep your eye on it, and protect it.
Big fish eat little fish.
Either build a fence, walk it, or buy a Pit Bull.
OR here's a better idea... instead of just standing outside to watch them, why not USE A LEASH?!?!?... Hmm.... sounds like a plan...
Coyotes can easily scale fences. Top the fenced area completely, and set the fence about three feet in the ground (they can dig, too). Double wire it (to prevent being attacked through the fence) with a smaller outside guage and double gate it. Coyotes are all over the east as well as the west. I've seen them walking on my street in the middle of the night here in Mississippi, and a friend in Panama City Beach, Fla. told me the coyotes took over a dozen cats and small dogs from her beach neighborhood about 8 months ago. The wildlife officials said the recent mass construction (condos, homes, and shopping centers) had driven the coyotes into the neighborhoods searching for food. As the food supply dispersed, so did the coyotes. Pull any outside food after dark and if you live in an area where they live, bring the pets inside.
Yes fences may help, but not in my sisters case. She lives in Aurora, CO and has a six foot pricacy fence which a coyote scaled and malled her dog!!! Lucky her dog got away.... with all the screaming they scared the coyote and "Emma" survived with several puncture wounds and a few stitches.....
BINGO.....hit that one right on the head