A year after her passing, Betty White is still remembered fondly for her love of animals.
Here’s a write-up: https://animalwellnessmagazine.com/betty-white/
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…she once turned down an acting role in the film As Good As It Gets, because in one of the scenes, Jack Nicholson’s character is seen throwing his neighbor’s puppy down a laundry chute. “As long as that scene was in the film, I wouldn’t do it,” said Betty.
In an interview with Oprah Winfrey, Betty was once asked what gifts she most loved giving. Her answer wasn’t surprising: “Money to my favorite animal charities.” The gift she was most delighted to receive was a Pekinese puppy. “It was a birthday gift from a man I was engaged to marry,” says Betty. “He brought the puppy and put it in my arms.” While the dog stayed, the man himself went away. “I never married him but I had that dog for 17 years. I called him Bandit, because he stole my heart away.”
“Animals don’t lie,” wrote Betty in her book If You Ask Me. “Animals don’t criticize. If animals have moody days, they handle them better than humans do.”