NPR: Linkfest: Woman Fined for Dying Poodle Pink

Linkfest: Woman Fined for Dying Poodle Pink

Joy Douglas, owner of Zing Hair Salon in Boulder, Colo., has received a $1,000 ticket from an animal-control officer for using coloring her white poodle pink with organic beet juice.

"We do it to promote awareness of breast cancer," said 30-year-old Douglas, who has owned the hair salon for three years. "Cici is a conversation piece. Customers come in and ask why the dog is pink. So we tell them about breast-cancer awareness, about the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, and then we ask for a donation."

After several customers complained about the pink dog, the Humane Society of Boulder Valley investigated the situation. The Human Society's visit is what caused a formal citation.

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Will Hoffman

8:37 AM ET | 03-11-2008 | permalink

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From the Telegraph:
"The Vatican has outlined seven new deadly sins for our times" ... "The new lists condemns genetic modification, carrying out experiments on humans, polluting the environment, causing social injustice, causing poverty, becoming obscenely wealthy and taking drugs" Not venial sins...

Sent by Anna | 11:22 AM ET | 03-11-2008

Loved the cat cafe story but a quick history lesson regarding the Scots. Until the Acts of Union in 1706/7, Scotland and England (which included Wales and Ireland) had shared a monarch but had not been one country; the Jacobite Rebellions (1688-1746) were aimed at returning the House of Stuart (who were Scottish given power in England) to power in the wake of Glorious Revolution of William and Mary (for whom the college is named who were Dutch... confused yet?).

Loved the accent Rachel but... The Scots were not colonized by the English, rather, the demise of Jacobite resistance forced the Highland clearances and the Scots colonized throughout the Empire. Nova Scotia, Australia, the South Island of New Zealand and of course those pesky thirteen colonies. ;)

Sent by Matthew | 2:26 PM ET | 03-11-2008

Beet juice? Didn't you (or someone else on NPR) just run a story about beet juice to deice highways? Technology marches on!

Sent by David Hollis, Hamilton, NY | 3:20 PM ET | 03-11-2008

I have a toy poodle, I would dye her blue or pink, maybe purple if I could. You see she's black.
This hip lady is using organic beet juice. What's the problem? Why don't we look at what is in processed dog food, that goes in the dog...

Sent by Abby | 6:47 PM ET | 03-11-2008

i am homeless and disabled i feed a homeless cat as best i can he's sick but wont come closer than 2 feet. i dont know what to do..

wish someone had priorities.

none fines anyone fro discriminating in shelter or services for humans even returning vets dying in the road.

that dying hair not death and suffering with harmless beet juice on a well cared for pooch. is the humane priority issue?

geez!

Sent by dc matthews | 1:07 PM ET | 05-18-2008

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