Oasis singer Liam Gallagher just won PETA UK’s “Strike the Right Chord for Animals Award” for adoption Buttons, a street dog from Thailand.
PETA UK said this of Gallagher, “Liam’s compassionate move comes at a time when animal shelters across the UK and elsewhere are reporting spiking numbers of animal abandonment cases. By opening his heart and home to a dog desperately in need of a loving family, Liam has set a wonderful example for his legions of fans unlike other out-of-touch celebrities who purchase ‘pedigree’ breeds.”
Buttons was adopted by the Britpop icon, after she was abandoned in the jungle for “not being cute enough” for her former owners. Gallagher stumbled upon Buttons via the Happy Doggo sanctuary in Thailand and took her home to England in September 2023.
Buttons was rescued at around 5 months old, but she really rescued herself. She worked up the courage to keep approaching the rescue until she became brave enough to be brought in. Then after three months of fostering, Gallegher was interviewed and found to be a good fit for Button, and she took the big flight to England!
From being dumped in the Thai jungle to this. You couldn’t make it up Buttons.
— Niall Harbison (@NiallHarbison) September 19, 2023
You did it, brave little girl
She’s in safe hands @liamgallagher pic.twitter.com/8I1K0wyrXV
Happy Doggo founder Niall Harbison was interviewed by Sky News, where he told them he thought it was a joke when he saw the Oasis singer’s name on the application. Harbison said, “The name on the form was Liam Gallagher, but I thought that’s obviously not him. Then the next line was occupation, and it was ‘singer’. I thought my mates were taking the p***. But I checked it out a bit more and his details all stacked up.”
Throughout the tour there is a massive globe on stage. They’d fallen so in love with Buttons and wanted to help that they wanted to auction off the globe to help us here at @wearehappydoggo
— Niall Harbison (@NiallHarbison) August 21, 2024
I never asked for a thing as it’s all about the dogs so this blew my mind (5/8) pic.twitter.com/WtsHK94KHd
Then Gallegher decided he wanted to do more to support Buttons’ saviors. During his tour, he had a giant globe on stage, where he dedicated the Oasis track “Half The World Away” to his new pup. He then auctioned off a giant globe and fetched £25k ($31k) for Happy Doggo. The funds will go towards building Tina’s Hospital for street dogs. You can enjoy the full story of Buttons in the video below: