It\u2019s always exciting news when a dog gets adopted, but one shelter dog really hit the jackpot after being adopted by one of the most famous celebrities in the world.<\/p>\n
The Labelle Foundation, an animal rescue nonprofit based in Los Angeles, announced yesterday that one of their puppies, who they named \u201cRover,\u201d had been adopted into his \u201cfur-ever family.\u201d<\/p>\n
His new owner just happens to be one of the most famous musicians (and animal rights advocates) of all time: Sir Paul McCartney!
\nPhotos shared by the shelter show the 81-year-old Beatles icon and his wife Nancy Shevell holding their new pup. The Labelle Foundation thanked the couple \u201cfor opening up your home and supporting animal rescue.\u201d<\/p>\n
The caption says that they\u2019ve renamed the dog \u201cJet.\u201d Decades ago Paul owned another dog named Jet, who inspired the hit Wings song of the same name.
\nIt\u2019s always nice to see celebrities setting a good example by adopting from shelters, but it\u2019s not surprising given Paul\u2019s decades of animal rights activism. He has been a vegetarian since the 1970s, and has been an advocate for animal welfare and critic of slaughterhouses and the meat industry.<\/p>\n
His late wife Linda was also an animal advocate throughout her life, and their daughter Stella McCartney is a prominent fashion designer who uses ethical and animal-free materials in her designs.<\/p>\n
Over the years Paul has also owned many pets, some of whom will be familiar to fans of his music. Perhaps the most famous is Martha, the Old English Sheepdog McCartney owned during his Beatles days who was often photographed with the band, and inspired the \u201cWhite Album\u201d track \u201cMartha My Dear.\u201d
\n\u201cShe was a dear pet of mine,\u201d McCartney once said, per the Liverpool Echo. \u201cI remember John being amazed to see me being so loving to an animal. He said, \u2018I\u2019ve never seen you like that before.\u2019 I\u2019ve since thought, you know, he wouldn\u2019t have.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s only when you\u2019re cuddling around with a dog that you\u2019re in that mode, and she was a very cuddly dog.\u201d<\/p>\n
Paul also had a Labrador Retriever named Jet, who inspired the hit 1974 Wings song of the same name. Jet was reportedly the \u201crunt of a litter\u201d birthed by his dog, and was named for his jet-black fur.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe proceeded to walk into the garage and have this litter. Seven little black puppies, perfect little black Labradors, and she\u2019s not black, she\u2019s tan,\u201d McCartney said. \u201cSo we worked out it must have been a black Labrador.\u201d
\nFew people love animals like Paul McCartney, so this adorable shelter pup has definitely found the perfect new home! Enjoy your new life, Jet! <\/p>\n
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