The Daily Show host's tearful eulogy to his three-legged dog, Dipper, prompts jump in contributions to Animal Haven a no-kill shelter in New York City.
Jon Stewart's tearful farewell to his dog, Dipper, on 'The Daily Show' quickly had the New York City animal shelter the pup came from inundated with donations. A week later, the money is still rolling in.'We're just shy of $50,000,' Tiffany Lacey, Animal Haven's executive director, told CBS News on Friday, four days after the show aired. 'This is a big deal, and it's unexpected,' she said of the donations.
'They put the dog in my lap, and we left that day feeling really good that we'd helped this great organization, and we also left with this one-ish brindle pit bull that we called Dipper.''It was love at first sight, I think for both of them,' said Lacey, who recalled Stewart sitting with the puppy in his lap for the entire event. Stewart's dog was always swimming and jumping around, she said. 'He didn't need four legs.
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