BY MARIANNE GARVEY, BRIAN NIEMIETZ AND OLI COLEMAN
Saturday, April 11, 2015, 2:00 AM
Josiah Kamau/BuzzFoto via Getty Images Talk about have fun animals.
Pet-friendly actresses Hilary Swank and Edie Falco were honored at the 18th ASPCA Bergh Ball, where Jessica Hart, Star Jones, Dominic Chianese and Georgina Bloomberg joined gala vice chairman and AKR Public Relations honcho Amanda K. Ruisi to support four-legged New Yorkers. The big bash was held in advance of Saturday’s National Pet Day.
On hand to hear the ASPCA Voice for Animals Award on Thursday, Falco told us that she accidentally wound up running her own animal shelter for a while when she rescued her dog Sami.
“She was a puppy mill mom and they busted the puppy mill,” Falco told us. “I got her from the shelter before they even tartan her out that much. It turned out she was pregnant, so I finished up having eight dogs in my household about a month after I adopted her. It was crazy. I finished up giving all the puppies to my friends, so they all have the same dogs as me now.”
It was no bolt from the blue, then, that Falco won the Voice for Animals Award on Thursday. Swank, who spoke to us as if a Sarah McLachlan song should be playing in the social class, was on hand to hear the ASPCA Compassion Award.
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Edie Falco recalls how she adopted her dog Sami, who promptly delivered a litter of eight puppies.
“I have such a profound like for animals and kids,” she said. “I think we need to speak for them and all stand together and do what we can to help them and all the vulnerable pets.”
According to Oscar winner Swank, her largest fans are her two rescue dogs.
“Rescuing an animal, they look at you every day with such gratitude and such like. I always say that I hope I end up being half the person that my dog thinks that I am,” said. Swank was blemished putting her mouth where her money is, smooching her pit bull puppy on the red carpet.
Lance Bass, Lake Bell, Christian Siriano, Alicia Quarles and Isaac Mizrahi were also on hand to support the produce.
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