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Saatchi chairman and his wife defend crowdfunding for Instagram-star dog
Couple who live in £1m London house raised more than £5,000 to pay vet bills for Welsh terrierSource: The Guardian
The chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi and his fashion designer wife have raised more than £5,000 to get their Instagram-star dog treated by a celebrity vet, after asking followers for donations on a crowdfunding website.
The couple’s Welsh terrier, Edward Lear, has more than 10,000 followers on the social media site, and has been pictured in designer dogwear and at five-star hotels.
Richard Huntington lives with his wife, Annabel Bird, in a house worth more than £1m, and is thought to earn a six-figure salary, but the couple started a crowdfunding page asking for £7,500 for the four-year-old dog after it was diagnosed with elbow dysplasia, torn cruciate ligaments and arthritis.
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On the GoFundMe page she wrote: “All I want is for my funny little dog to be able to run around again like the crazy terrier he is and climb mountains in the Lake District and Snowdonia like he used to and enjoy his life to the fullest.
“He hasn’t walked for more than 10 minutes in four months and I feel so bad for him. He’s missed out on so much fun and excitement.”
The couple’s Welsh terrier, Edward Lear, has more than 10,000 followers on the social media site, and has been pictured in designer dogwear and at five-star hotels.
Richard Huntington lives with his wife, Annabel Bird, in a house worth more than £1m, and is thought to earn a six-figure salary, but the couple started a crowdfunding page asking for £7,500 for the four-year-old dog after it was diagnosed with elbow dysplasia, torn cruciate ligaments and arthritis.
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On the GoFundMe page she wrote: “All I want is for my funny little dog to be able to run around again like the crazy terrier he is and climb mountains in the Lake District and Snowdonia like he used to and enjoy his life to the fullest.
“He hasn’t walked for more than 10 minutes in four months and I feel so bad for him. He’s missed out on so much fun and excitement.”
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jan/26/saatchi-chairman-and-his-wife-defend-crowdfunding-for-instagram-star-dog?CMP=twt_gu&__twitter_impression=true
They had bank and let their pupper suffer for months, and then took advantage of crowdfunding. Grrr!
