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Viral bulldog gets adopted out of fleas and chains

PETA says its team spent about two months pushing the video, which began when a fieldworker found the dog covered in fleas; now he has an adoption listing.

On air: Chip Darnell and Kenji Moonfield on BBN After Hours
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Watch it as it aired: Chip Darnell and Kenji Moonfield on this story, from BBN After Hours at 3:46 AM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)'s, the jokes are ours.

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  1. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorPETA says a video of a flea-covered bulldog has passed thirty-three million views after about two months of its efforts, and now he's up for adoption.

  2. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe caption was just, no dog should live like this.

  3. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentViewers kept asking for an update, and for once nobody wanted it to be a podcast.

  4. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorHis adoption pitch says, Indoor dog life? Yes, please! I'm crowning him Most Valuable Couch Cushion.

  5. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSeason stats: thirty-three million views, two months of work, and a career indoor rate climbing from zero.

  6. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorPETA's Daphna Nachminovitch says to keep dogs indoors with the rest of the family. I'm sorry, I'm getting emotional about a sofa.

  7. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentIndoor rate is one hundred percent now, and he has never once checked the views.

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