ARTICLES
NY Daily News: N.Y.ers send puppy love to woman who saved 5-legged dog from freak show
L.A. Times: Coney Island freak show owner vows to fight for ownership of five-legged puppy
Boston Herald: Ownership battle over 5-legged puppy goes to couple
Baltimore Sun: 5-legged pup's owner hurries surgery to dodge freak show
Charlotte Observer Articles
Case of five-legged puppy headed to court TV show
Thursday, August 06 2009
The case of the five-legged puppy saved from a Coney Island animal show is going before a court TV judge. John Strong, who operates the sideshow featuring disfigured animals, has sued the original owner Calvin Owensby for $4,000. He says Owensby ...
Freak show owner to suit in TV courtroom
Wednesday, August 05 2009
The owner of a Coney Island freak show is suing an out-of-work Gastonia electrician in a television courtroom for $4,000 over the aborted sale of a five-legged-puppy. Judge Jeanine Pirro, a former New York Judge and current television show host...
Saturday, July 25 2009
Lilly the formerly five-legged puppy did something on Friday she couldn't do before her extra limb was removed. She ran. “Could you imagine her in a little cage all day?”, owner Allyson Siegel asked as she watched Lilly bouncing in the grass ...
Friday, July 24 2009
Lilly the formerly five-legged puppy did something on Friday she couldn't do before her extra limb was removed. She ran.
Lilly the pup is now free of her extra leg
Friday, July 24 2009
Lilly the five-legged puppy had her fifth leg removed Thursday. Allyson Siegel“ the Charlotte woman who paid $4,000 to rescue the dog from a future in a New York freak show“ had the surgery performed Thursday morning, a day after the show's...
After surgery, five-legged dog has four legs
Thursday, July 23 2009
UPDATE: The saga of Lilly the five-legged puppy may be over: She had her fifth leg removed Thursday. Allyson Siegel, the Charlotte woman who paid $4,000 to rescue the dog from a future in a New York freak show, had the surgery performed Thursday...
Freak show owner wants five-legged dog
Wednesday, July 22 2009
Lilly, the five-legged puppy, may still end up in a New York freak show if John Strong gets his way. Strong, who owns a Coney Island exhibit featuring unusual animals, says he'll file a lawsuit today in Charlotte to stake his claim for Lilly. He'...
Five-legged puppy wins hearts, home
Saturday, July 18 2009
How much would you pay for a dog with five legs? If you're Allyson Siegel, the answer is $4,000, plus at least $2,000 more for medical expenses to remove said leg. The 45-year-old Charlotte woman bought Precious the puppy“ whom she has renam...
Friday, July 17 2009
How much would you pay for a dog with five legs? If you're Allyson Siegel, the answer is $4,000, plus at least $2,000 more for medical expenses to remove said leg.
Gaston Gazette Articles
TV court date scheduled for 5-legged dog case | strong, freak ...
The following day Allyson Siegel, of Charlotte, offered Owensby $4,000 for the dog, so Owensby canceled his deal with Strong and sold the puppy to Siegel. ...
NEWS August 6, 2009
Lilly the former 5-legged dog getting along just fine on all fours ...
A Gaston County woman, Allyson Siegel, heard of the puppy and its probable destination, and bought the dog from its owner. There ...
NEWS July 31, 2009
TV judge shows interest in case of Gastonia's 5-legged dog | john ...
But a Charlotte resident, Allyson Siegel, took action when she heard the dog was headed to a freak show. The following day she paid ...
NEWS July 30, 2009
With ownership question looming, woman opts to have dog's fifth ...
Allyson Siegel, the puppy’s new owner, had the extra appendage amputated Thursday morning. “She’s doing great. Her prognosis is great. ...
NEWS July 24, 2009
NC puppy owner expedites sur-gery to remove 5th leg | dog, owner ...
Allyson Siegel, the puppy’s new owner, had the extra appendage amputated this morning. “She’s doing great. Her prognosis is great. ...
NEWS July 23, 2009
Court battle brewing over Gaston's 5-legged dog? | dog, says ...
walk normally. Strong says he's the rightful owner of the dog. But Allyson Siegel says -- quoting -- "over my dead body.". The New ...
NEWS July 23, 2009
5-legged dog getting new name, losing that fifth leg | dog, fifth ...
Three weeks ago Allyson Siegel of Charlotte bought the puppy for $4,000 from a local man named Calvin Owensby, who initially planned to sell the dog to a Coney ...
NEWS July 21, 2009
Woman saves 5-legged dog from freak show | siegel, precious ...
Most of the callers berated him for his decision, he said, but one caller, Allyson Siegel, 45, of Charlotte, offered to buy Precious. ...
NEWS July 1, 2009
