Now and then I've mentioned a couple "stars" that were not nice to pets. It's a real pleasure to now report on one that is. From the Houston Chronicle:
NEW YORK — Actress Isabella Rossellini is taking on a new role that has become more than just a pet project.For the past 10 months, Rossellini has been training a future guide dog for the blind, taking him on the subway, into restaurants, onto movie sets, even to Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
"I walk the dog myself," Rossellini said of her daily outings in Central Park with the puppy, a Labrador-poodle mix named Terry. "I cannot imagine myself living without pets," and raising a future guide dog "allows me to combine my love of dogs with work for my community."
The Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind has been around for almost 60 years. The Long Island-based training program screens prospective volunteers who raise the puppies until they are about a year old. The dogs then go back to the foundation to be placed.