Believe it or not, but there's a dog out there that's probably wealthier than most of us! The news came last August 20th, when New York Real Estate mogul Leona Helmsley died, and in her will left $12 million to her little Maltese, Trouble. It is almost unbelievable how this woman left this portion of her $8 billion estate to her pet and left absolutely NOTHING to two of her grandchildren!
Known for her eccentric personality and harsh temper, Leona Helmsley was nicknamed the "Queen of Mean". Managing hotels and other real estate, she became an infamous popular culture icon for the rich New Yorker who thought she didn't need to pay taxes. However, whenever it came to her little Trouble, the Queen of Mean did not set any limits. According to People magazine, the dog maintains a healthy diet of cream cheese, steamed vegetables, organic chicken, and fish. Not to mention she is always served by hand.
Although the news of Trouble receiving this fortune is mind blowing, she is not the richest puppy on the planet. Crazy but true, there are other people that have left fortunes to their pets, like a German shepherd named Gunther III who received $80 million from the countess Carlotta Liebenstein, and later passed down the fortune to his heir, Gunther IV. Even though it is no one's business to tell these more-than-well-off people what to do with their well earned, or sometimes inherited, riches, it is bothering to know what they are doing with it at the end. It is right to leave your family pet millions and millions of dollars and not leave your family anything? Is this right, even if people all over the world are starving each day, and the dog has absolutely no comprehension of money?
I myself am a dog owner too, and consider my pets a part of my family, but I know that at then end of the day, it is the actually people in my life that matter the most. As much as we want to admit it, a pet can never fill in for family member. They are animals and ultimately do not have the same mind capacity to understand and reproduce the same feelings and thoughts of a human being. That is why I find it more the ridiculously astonishing what these peculiar people do.
2 comments:
I agree with you. Sure, dogs are important parts of our lives, but they can never replace your family. They are a source of comfort, but (and I hate to say this) ultimately replaceable.
This lady should have set her money aside to leave an impact on this world...I'd rather be known as the lady who helped thousands end their starvation than the crazy lady who had too much love for her dog.
Dogs are animals. They do not own property, they cannot form opinions, and they most definately cannot hold title to a bank account. This is the most absurd thing I've ever heard of except for celebrities insuring their body parts which is equally ridicules. Some people shouldn't be allowed to make decisions like this, or the government just shouldn't allow it. I aggree with kristian and think the money could be given to the woman's favorite charity, I mean an animal shelter or something would be better. I wonder why people from other countries think American's are insane, do you?
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