{"id":11513,"date":"2021-03-04T09:59:31","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T15:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/?p=11513"},"modified":"2021-03-04T09:59:34","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T15:59:34","slug":"the-price-of-mans-best-friend-a-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2021\/03\/04\/the-price-of-mans-best-friend-a-review\/","title":{"rendered":"The Price of Man&#8217;s Best Friend: A Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Recently, a man was shot while walking pop star, Lady Gaga\u2019s dogs, Koji and Gustav. The man has since been identified as Ryan Fischer, who has often been seen with Gaga\u2019s dogs in the past. Reports say that while Fischer was unconscious at the scene, he is now out of surgery and in stable condition. Fischer put up a fight when the unidentified men attacked him while walking the dogs, and many believe that\u2019s why he was shot. However, Fischer\u2019s efforts were not in vain, as one of Gaga\u2019s three beloved French bulldogs, Miss Asia, was able to escape.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police are still unsure of the motive behind this attack. However, all signs point to a targeted attack, but the reason still remains unclear. Were the dogs stolen because they belong to the pop princess or simply because French bulldogs are high-priced canines? The West Hollywood police department is continuing to try and answer that question. In the meantime, Gaga has yet to make an official statement, as she is out of the country shooting a film in Rome. However, sources close to the star have said that she is devastated and is offering $500,000 for the safe return of her dogs, \u201cno questions asked\u201d. This now raises questions that the robbery was purely for ransom. If so, Gaga has taken the bait to ensure the safety of her beloved Koji and Gustav.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nonetheless, I can\u2019t help but think of how ridiculous this all seems. Gaga is willing to pay half-a-million dollars to get her animals back, but seems to have no sympathy for Fischer, whose life was on the line. Doesn\u2019t he deserve justice? I\u2019m an animal-lover too, and while her dogs may be like family, how are we to ignore the fact that a man was shot? Witness, Buck Angel, says, \u201cSomeone actually got shot over dogs\u2026 Are we gonna start taking people\u2019s dogs for ransom now? It\u2019s horrible.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Angel is right; is this the new normal? Will criminals start coming out of the woodworks to steal celebrity animals for a payday? Is man\u2019s best friend really worth all of this?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, a man was shot while walking pop star, Lady Gaga\u2019s dogs, Koji and Gustav. The man has since been identified as Ryan Fischer, who has often been seen with Gaga\u2019s dogs in the past. Reports say that while Fischer was unconscious at the scene, he is now out of surgery and in stable condition. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2021\/03\/04\/the-price-of-mans-best-friend-a-review\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Price of Man&#8217;s Best Friend: A Review&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11513"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11513"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11534,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11513\/revisions\/11534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}