The arguable face of Britpop and voice of Manchester was recently showered with praise by a ‘dog hero’ in an incredibly moving tale involving stray dogs in Thailand.
The story, which proved ‘not all is bad in the world’, went viral after being shared by Niall Harbison on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Harbison said: “A story that proves not all is bad in the world and which I guarantee will make you smile It features a street dog called Buttons, rock star @liamgallagher and the building of a hospital for a dog called Tina. The stuff that dreams are made of.
“Little Buttons was abandoned in the jungle in Thailand. She invited herself into our little sanctuary. She was only a puppy. She came back day after day and eventually, we took her in and put her up for adoption. We were a very small operation.
“Long story short @liamgallagher applied. When the application came in it listed the occupation as “singer”. I presumed my mates were taking the p***. Surprisingly it was real. Liam even knew the other dogs from online. Buttons had a beautiful forever home.
“Buttons has settled in and is absolutely adored by Liam and family. She is treated like a queen. This year @liamgallagher has been on tour and dedicated the aptly named “half the world away” to Buttons. But that was just the start…
A story that proves not all is bad in the world and which I guarantee will make you smile 😀
It features a street dog called Buttons, rock star @liamgallagher and the building of a hospital for a dog called Tina.
The stuff that dreams are made of… (1/8) 🧵 pic.twitter.com/9iN49szubP
— Niall Harbison (@NiallHarbison) August 21, 2024
“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 I never asked for a thing as it’s all about the dogs so this blew my mind.”
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Here is the link to HappyDoggo if you want to donate.
“The globe was auctioned and @coopuk was kind enough to take it. It will be a feature in the new @TheCoopLive venue in Manchester where visitors can see it before all events. The fact it is a globe and Buttons came from “half the world away” is perfect.
“Incredibly the donation will be for a mind-blowing £25,000 which will help us build Tina’s hospital. It will be built on the same piece of jungle where little Buttons used to sneak in on. This is it. I think we’ll need a smaller similar globe…
“Never underestimate the impact dogs can have on us all. Over a year ago little Buttons walked in hoping for a better life. She’s done that and then some. Not everything is bad in the world. Love always wins.”
Well, I’m not crying, you are. Thanks for that Liam.
