Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Are the dogs in Universal theme parks related to Lassie?
Universal Studios does do a "Animal Actors" show in their theme parks which feature animals that might look like celebrity animals but they are NOT the real celebrity animals. In Lassie's case, the dogs used at Universal Studios are not even related to Lassie. Universal travels to promote the theme park and take their animal actors to personal appearances and TV shows. While they are licensed to use the name of Lassie in the theme park, they cannot say their dogs are the real Lassie or related to the real official Lassie. So, if you see Universal on TV, it is NOT the real official Lassie.