Lily Allen slams animal charity PETA for ‘dangerous’ post after clarifying comments about rehoming her rescue dog Mary

Lily Allen and animal charity PETA have continued their war of words online after the singer revealed how she found a new home for her dog Mary.

The star came under fire from PETA, which sent her a toy dog ​​last week, after she admitted returning her pet to an animal shelter when it ate her and her children’s passports and visas.

Lily has since clarified her comments, explaining that the passport incident was “the straw that broke the camel’s back” after a long time trying to get Mary settled into the family home.

She ended her statement on X by attacking PETA, writing: “Thanks also to @peta for adding fuel to the fire. Very responsible of you.”

The comment prompted a furious response from PETA’s official X account, which replied:

‘You laughed when you talked about abandoning Mary and ruining this poor dog’s life. She thought she had a loving forever home before you kicked her out and called her “that piece of shit dog” who “ruined my life.” Shame on you! You don’t even deserve the toy dog ​​we sent you.’

Lily responded by writing: “People laugh when they talk about painful things all the time, it’s quite normal. I have clarified that we did not abandon her and that she was rehomed with people we knew almost immediately.”

“Why are you perpetuating lies? What kind of animal welfare charity tries to shame someone for wanting to improve the welfare of an animal? Your post is dangerous.”

Lily received the stuffed animal and a heartfelt letter from the organization’s Elisa Allen that read, “She really is the only animal you should ever bring into your home,” after she told the original story about Mary on her Miss Me? podcast.

Lily, who lives in New York with her actor husband David Harbour, 49, and children Ethel, 13, and Marnie, 11, made the confession to her friend and fellow co-presenter Miquita Oliver, complaining that adopting the dog “ruined her life” after it cost her a fortune to replace the papers, adding that it prevented her daughters from seeing their father for months.

She said: ‘She was a very ill-behaved dog and I tried very hard with her but it just didn’t work out and the passports were the straw that broke the camel’s back, so to speak.’

The Not Fair singer added that the effort to replace her documents proved to be a “logistical nightmare.”

Lily has clarified that the passport incident was “the straw that broke the camel’s back” after months of trying to settle Mary into the family home.

In a post published over the weekend, Lily explained: ‘We rescued our puppy Mary from a shelter in NYC and loved her so much BUT she developed some pretty severe separation anxiety and was acting out in so many different ways.’

‘I couldn’t leave her alone for more than 10 minutes, she went on 3 long walks a day – 2 with us and 1 with a local dog walker and several other dogs.’

‘We worked with the shelter we rescued her from and they referred us to a behavior specialist and a professional trainer; it was a volunteer from the shelter who would come and take care of her when we were away.

‘And after many months and much deliberation, everyone agreed that our home was not the most suitable for Mary.’

‘We knew the person she was relocated to and the relocation occurred within 24 hours of her return.’

“We couldn’t meet Mary’s needs and her happiness and well-being were key to us making that decision, as difficult as it was.”