After comic Jon Stewart shared the emotional information that his cherished tripod, Dipper, had handed away, a deluge of donations flooded the New York City no-kill shelter the place Stewart adopted the canine twelve years in the past.
“Dipper handed away yesterday,” Stewart tearfully stated throughout a Monday episode of “The Daily Show.” “He was prepared. He was drained. However I wasn’t,” Stewart added. “And the household, we had been all collectively — thank goodness. We had been all with him. However boy, my want for you is that at some point you discover that canine — that one canine that’s simply the perfect.” Stewart adopted by sharing a “second of zen” — a video clip of Dipper, a brindle pitbull combine, romping round within the snow.
Following the section, greater than $35,000 in donations was despatched to Animal Haven, the place Stewart rescued Dipper, in accordance with the shelter’s government director, Tiffany Lacey. Lacey additionally stated that many individuals have additionally bought provides from the shelter’s want listing and inquired about adopting animals.
Lacey shared Stewart’s announcement in a Fb put up. “Our hearts break alongside Jon and his whole household with the lack of Dipper,” learn the put up, in accordance with The Washington Submit. “Dipper went by means of a lot early in his life after being hit by a automotive and shedding his leg however Jon and his household gave him a model new life that began unwittingly on that fateful day at Animal Haven promoting cupcakes together with his children.” The put up continued: “It actually was magic and rapidly turned apparent that Jon wasn’t going to go away with out Dipper. Dipper lives on now in our hearts and minds as a strong reminder of the significance of pet adoption and the love that an animal can convey into your life.”
