Paris’ pooch procreation problem
Gina Serpe

LOS ANGELES—First David Letterman, now Ellen DeGeneres. For Paris Hilton, talk-show appearances have a way of becoming much more trouble than they’re worth. What started out as a conversation between animal lovers on The Ellen DeGeneres Show Monday ended up with Hilton’s home being visited Thursday by the Los Angeles Department of Animal Services.
During her chat-show stop, which was meant to promote her box-office bomb The Hottie and the Nottie, Hilton got around to one of her favourite, and until now least controversial, talking points, namely that of her veritable menagerie of pets. “Oh my goodness,” the heiress said when asked by DeGeneres about her critters. “I have 17 dogs.” When questioned on why she had so many pooches, Hilton—clearly no Bob Barker devotee—said it was simply a matter of hormones.
“They keep having babies, and I feel bad to give them away ‘cause I feel like if I had a baby and someone gave it away, it’d be mean,” she explained. “So, I feel bad for my dogs.” DeGeneres chided Hilton her for not getting her dogs spayed and neutered. Even after Hilton said they had all just been fixed, DeGeneres didn’t stop the line of inquiry.