"Animal welfare organizations are panting with excitement following reports that Leona Helmsley, the New York property and hotel magnate who died last year, stipulated that almost her entire estate, worth at least $5bn (£2.5bn), must go to the dogs." -- New York Times, July 2, 2008.
$5 billion is much more than Leona's little dog Trouble was bequeathed. And it is MUCH MORE than the two grandchildren -- cut out of her will and then awarded a tiny sum by a judge -- got. This is WONDERFUL NEWS!!!!
Buddy has been itching for a new crushed velvet doggie bed, a special doggie cart and, of course, a gold-gilded doggie dish. Thanks to the Queen of Mean, he will finally get his wish. (As you can see, he has shared his measly little bed with the cat for far too long!) I am putting in his special request to the lawyers as soon as possible!
