Radio Host Dr. Laura Adopts Ten Pit Bulls, Immediately Has Them Euthanized
Just days after saying that âPit bulls are a waste of space and should all be put downâ on her radio show,Â The Dr. Laura Program, host Laura Schlessinger adopted ten pit bulls from a Southern California rescue shelter only to have the dogs immediately euthanized.Shelter operator Mary Sheckles told Empire NewsÂ that Schlessinger stopped by the shelter earlier this week, just days after making her now infamous comments about pit bulls. Sheckles said Schlessinger, also known as âDr. Lauraâ,Â acted very sympathetic and guilty over her comments, so she wanted to give ten pit bulls a good home. Sheckles was convinced that SchlessingerÂ had turned a new leaf after thousands of pit bull owners tweeted and emailed her telling her why she was wrong.âShe seemed very sincere,â Sheckles said. âI was just as angry as anyone toward that woman, then she came in and really poured it on heavy, so heavy it was emotional for me.Â I then showed her around the shelter and she took the time to meet and greet with ten of our pits we had at the time. She said she wanted to adopt every single one of them. I was so moved, I cried tears of joy.âHowever, according to Sheckles, Schlessinger did not adopt the dogs to keep as pets. Hours after making the adoption arrangements,Â the radio host had a family member take the pit bulls to a local veterinarian, who she had known was also anti-pit bull, and had all ten dogs euthanized. A sympathetic employee from the veterinarianâsÂ office secretlyÂ called Sheckles, and told her the devastating truth.âI have been crying non-stop since,â Sheckles said. âIn my opinion, this woman is evil and sadistic, and she needs to be taken off the air so that her lies and untruths can no longer be spread. For her comments and actions, she should lose all of her sponsors. The things she says, and the hatred she spews, all the while having very little to absolutely zero knowledge on the subjects in which she speaks, itâs all just very disturbing. Sheâs almost as bad â no, sheâs worse than Dr. Oz!âÂ