KATHIE LEE AND KIDS IN TEARS AS COYOTE KILLS BELOVED POOCH

NY Post ^ | February 1, 2003 | JOE McGURK

[SandfleaCSC]

Kathie Lee Gifford is grieving for her beloved dog, Chardonnay, who was killed near the family

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[keithtoo]

He looks kinda harmless to me.

[Dog Gone]

"She gave her life for the family she loved," Gifford said of her "brave little furball."

Thank goodness Kathie survived.

[ladyinred]

How sad. The family must be devastated! These little dogs were Kathy Lee's children until she had her own so this is so hard I am sure. She used to bring the little dogs on her show and they were adorable.
RIP

[Kevin Curry]

Bichon Frise

Sure sounds like an entree in a fancy french restaurant.

[apackof2]

As a "dog mom" I can relate to her grief.

Losing a dog is hard but one you have had for 14 years and in such a ugly way.
Sad for the family

[Dog Gone]

Sounds like bad french fries to me.

[coloradan]

Some phone poles around Boulder, CO have interesting juxtapositions: posters supporting the Sinapu movement, reintroducing the wolf to Colorado, and posters for lost dogs, or lost cats... You don't suppose it takes a rocket scientist (no offense, Wile E.) to wonder if maybe they are connected, somehow?

[finnman69]

That's not a dog, that's a coyote appetizer.

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

I love dogs but tell Kathie Lee crap happens waaaaaaaaaa! I cannot believe this made news.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

The Saturday morning Fox & Friends crew found this funny. I didn't. With a family pet killed and children in this area, what kind of neighbors wouldn't allow the Giffords to trap coyotes?

[dutchess]

So very sad for the pup...but have to admit satifaction that a "lib" is reeping what they sowed... Am just sorry we didn't adopt that poor pup. The coyote would have been dead in an instant! {{{{BANG}}}}}}

[absalom01]

Sad.

But, even in L.A. (where people should know better since Canis Latrans is native here), our local coyotes are always sleek and fat on a diet of poodles and cats. Even my rotties are wary of them, if there's more than one.

[Revolting cat!]

Finally, some news that's more imnportant than the Columbia terrorist-CIA-Mossad disaster!

[rintense]

I, too, can relate to her grief. Coyotes are around even where I live. I nearly hit one with my car last fall at dusk.

[Slyfox]

That's Chick-on Frick-e-see.

[evolved_rage]

For a minute, I thought her son's name was Coyote, and thought this was much worse, but her son is Cody...

[SandfleaCSC]

Possibly the last thing little Chard saw

[Victor]

Hmmmm....remember when "varmint rifles" were sort of everyday tools in the family room? Like, say, a 30-30 carbine?

Oh well, these people would rather protect the varmints (read:coyotes) than their pets.

Attention liberal gun-grabbers: you can't have it both ways. You decide: the coyote (natural predator), or your little foo-foo dog (the prey).

[blastdad51]

I think she needs a bigger dog