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Making the "Moos" of it: 53 Terriers Find New Homes
Aired July 04, 2003 - 06:55 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: Well, a group of dogs rescued from horrid conditions now have a new lease on life and you can help make the most of it.
Our Jeanne Moos has their heartwarming story.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): This is the story of 53 fox terriers, not to be confused with...
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP FROM "101 DALMATIANS")
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A hundred and one.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Dalmatians.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
MOOS: The terriers may look like well groomed contestants at a dog show, but they're actually animals rescued from hellish conditions and soon to be put up for adoption.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: This is Molly.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: This is Chuck.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: This is Harry. We named him after Harry Potter.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: This is Twisty and when you, when we put her down, you'll see why.
MOOS: The ASPCA rescued these wire haired fox terriers back in March from a breeding house in the Bronx.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Their coats matted, some of the dogs covered with feces and soaked in urine. Even rescue workers taken aback by the disgusting stench and horrible conditions.
MOOS: Their caretaker was charged with cruelty to animals. Many of the dogs have defects because they were inbred within the same family, from Twisty to Chanel, so named because he was number five, Chanel Number Five, when the terriers arrived at the ASPCA.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: He walks the wheelchair. They took him for a walk in Central Park, actually. MOOS: This dog is named Helen as in Helen Keller, because she's blind and deaf. And Lady here had to have mastectomies because of tumors in her mammary glands.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: She used to have nipples that ran straight down here.
MOOS: But don't get depressed. The dogs aren't.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: This is the only time Lady ever stops moving is if you're petting her stomach.
MOOS: Nellie here happened to be pregnant when the dogs were rescued. Two months later, out popped five pups. But before you get too smitten, the pups are already spoken for. As for the rest...
EMILY PALMER, ASPCA: We want them to have homes, not cages.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes.
PALMER: We want them to have actual homes.
MOOS: Applications are available at the ASPCA Web site, aspca.org.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: She's in love with you already.
MOOS (on camera): Yes, she's in love with my leg.
(voice-over): They tug, they sniff, they make puddles.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Whoa. Savio, don't do that.
MOOS: One volunteer was so touched by Twisty, she got all choked up. But Twisty seems to be taking her twist of fate in stride. Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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Aired July 4, 2003 - 06:55 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: Well, a group of dogs rescued from horrid conditions now have a new lease on life and you can help make the most of it.
Our Jeanne Moos has their heartwarming story.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): This is the story of 53 fox terriers, not to be confused with...
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP FROM "101 DALMATIANS")
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A hundred and one.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Dalmatians.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
MOOS: The terriers may look like well groomed contestants at a dog show, but they're actually animals rescued from hellish conditions and soon to be put up for adoption.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: This is Molly.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: This is Chuck.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: This is Harry. We named him after Harry Potter.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: This is Twisty and when you, when we put her down, you'll see why.
MOOS: The ASPCA rescued these wire haired fox terriers back in March from a breeding house in the Bronx.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Their coats matted, some of the dogs covered with feces and soaked in urine. Even rescue workers taken aback by the disgusting stench and horrible conditions.
MOOS: Their caretaker was charged with cruelty to animals. Many of the dogs have defects because they were inbred within the same family, from Twisty to Chanel, so named because he was number five, Chanel Number Five, when the terriers arrived at the ASPCA.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: He walks the wheelchair. They took him for a walk in Central Park, actually. MOOS: This dog is named Helen as in Helen Keller, because she's blind and deaf. And Lady here had to have mastectomies because of tumors in her mammary glands.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: She used to have nipples that ran straight down here.
MOOS: But don't get depressed. The dogs aren't.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: This is the only time Lady ever stops moving is if you're petting her stomach.
MOOS: Nellie here happened to be pregnant when the dogs were rescued. Two months later, out popped five pups. But before you get too smitten, the pups are already spoken for. As for the rest...
EMILY PALMER, ASPCA: We want them to have homes, not cages.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes.
PALMER: We want them to have actual homes.
MOOS: Applications are available at the ASPCA Web site, aspca.org.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: She's in love with you already.
MOOS (on camera): Yes, she's in love with my leg.
(voice-over): They tug, they sniff, they make puddles.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Whoa. Savio, don't do that.
MOOS: One volunteer was so touched by Twisty, she got all choked up. But Twisty seems to be taking her twist of fate in stride. Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
