Dolly Parton offers to adopt abandoned Glastonbury dog
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Dolly Parton: "I was honoured when they named the doggy after me"
Country singer Dolly Parton has promised that she will adopt a dog that was abandoned at Glastonbury, if the owner is not found.
Dolly the dog, named in honour of the star, was found in a tent during the clean-up of the festival in Somerset.
The white Lurcher has been housed at the Happy Landings animal shelter, which is near the Worthy Farm site.
Parton sent a video message saying she was "very honoured and flattered" that the dog had been named after her.
The 68-year-old said: "I had my manager call the Happy Landings animal shelter to make sure the dog is being treated and cared for properly.
"At this time, nobody has claimed the dog and the dog is in great hands at the shelter. I will take the dog home to America if nobody claims her within a reasonable amount of time."
In a message on its website, Happy Landings said Dolly the dog is a "sweet-natured older lady" who arrived with a "serious ear infection".
The shelter said it had received numerous phone calls from people worried about the dog, after her story came out.
Parton has already had another famous animal named after her.
Dolly the sheep, the first successfully cloned mammal, was named for the star after doctors revealed the animal was copied from a mammary gland cell.
They said they could not think of a more impressive pair of "glands" than Parton's.
The country singer received glowing reviews after her performance at Glastonbury, having attracted one of the biggest crowds of the weekend to her set.
"I was a little bit nervous, I guess more excitement than nerves, but it was really a fun show and the people were great and I'm so happy I finally got to do it," she told Nick Grimshaw on his Radio 1 Breakfast Show last week.
Speaking about her popularity, she added: "I've got a good sense of humour and I don't take myself too seriously and I think people just relate to my attitude.
"I try to see the good in everything and in everybody and I try to bring that out. I'm very accepting of people no matter who and what they are."
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