[Music] Lily Allen is facing a backlash after she revealed returning her dog to shelter on her missme podcast Lily recently revealed that she returned her dog to a shelter when it ate her family's passports and visas this admission has sparked strong reaction from fans and Animal Advocates Peta also responded by sending Lily a toy dog accompanied by a strongly worded letter from Alisa Allen a representative from the organization according to the son the letter criticized the singer's decision stating it really is the only animal you should be bringing into your home they added dogs should never be treated as accessories to be discarded when they become inconvenient Lily who lives in New York with her husband David Harbor and her two daughters Ethel 13 and Marne 11 admitted that the incident was a turning point she explained that the dog named Mary had caused significant disruptions in her life stating I cannot tell you how much money it cost me to get everything replaced because it was in covid and so it was just an absolute logistical Nightmare and because the father of my children lives in England I couldn't take them back to see their dad for like four months 5 months because this F asterisk asterisk asterisk asterisk asterisk asterisk dog had eaten the passports Lily added