Desperate renter asks STRANGERS for $500,000 so she can buy the property and keep her beloved Staffies and pet magpie together – and donations are POURING in
- Pet loving renter pulls out all stops to keep her home for her dogs and magpie
- Owner wants to sell but animal loving renter can’t afford the rising house prices
- She is now concerned future landlords may not accept the unlikely friends
- Staffordshire bull terriers Peggy and Ruby and magpie Molly are a hit online
- GoFundMe page created to get donations for couple to buy house for the family
An animal lover who adopted a lost magpie and built a huge Instagram following on the bird’s unlikely friendship with her pet dogs has crowdfunded $45,000 from fans to buy her rental from their landlord.
The owners of the Gold Coast property where Juliette Wells lives with her animal brood are about to auction the place off, forcing them to desperately find another landlord who will agree to house the unusual brood.
She explained the property is the ‘only home’ Staffordshire bull terriers Peggy and Ruby and magpie Molly ‘have ever known’, and they’d be traumatised at having to leave.
A fundraiser, with a target of an eye-watering $500,000, had already raised $45,553 as of Thursday night.
Wellwishers only have flocked to donate to ensure Peggy the pooch and Molly the magpie can stay together in their owner’s rental home – which she wants to buy
Peggy (pictured, left) and Molly (right) are the best of friends and have garnered a legion of 144,000 followers online
Ms Wells (pictured with her partner and pets) said prices to buy a home at the moment have risen way out of their budget
Ms Wells, who rents the property with her partner Reece Mortensen, told Daily Mail Australia she can’t look at the page.
‘It’s really bizarre, we are struggling because we don’t like to ask for help, this is massive, we are so overwhelmed,’ Ms Wells said.
The animal lover said the property market prices have recently gone up making it nearly impossible to afford a home.
‘We know a lot of friends who have found a rental and six months later they’ve been kicked out,’ Ms Wells said.
The couple fear they may not be able to find a landlord who will take them on with two dogs and a bird in tow.
Molly the magpie was rescued by the family in 2020 while they were out walking and the Staffy took the bird under her wing.
Peggy the Staffy and Molly – plus Peggy’s daughter, six-month-old Ruby have a unique friendship.
Molly (right) often gives Peggy (left) a good once over to check for left over food and sleep
‘Molly will often come and snuggle up to Ruby, and they all follow each other around,’ Ms Wells said.
‘The dogs will play with a toy and Molly will be in the mix of it as if she’s a puppy and she will tussle for that toy.’
Ms Wells and her partner have only ever been concerned when the affectionate magpie tries to groom the dogs’ facial area with her razor sharp beak.
‘Molly likes to grab sleep out of Peggy’s eye, food on her tooth, we get a bit worried sometimes,’ the bird lover said.
The two have been compared to being a ‘modern day Pooh and Piglet’ who share a unique bond.
The Peggy and Molly Instagram and Facebook pages boast more than 200,000 followers, where Ms Wells constantly updates the pages with videos and images.
The property is set to go to auction in about three weeks.
The Gold Coast property is set to go to auction in about three weeks, meaning the brood (pictured) could be forced apart if a new landlord didn’t approve them