Bonnie Chapman, daughter of Dog the Bounty Hunter, says she lost six pets in a house fire in Fishersville, Virginia
The daughter of Dog the Bounty Hunter and his late wife Beth says she lost six pets in a house fire in Fishersville, Virginia, on Tuesday.
Bonnie Chapman told TMZ that she was working with her friend Ismael when she was informed of the fire in the rental home on Tuesday.
“While I was at work I got a call that my house was on fire,” Bonnie told the outlet. “I immediately packed my things and left work as quickly as possible.”
Bonnie said she was on her way to the house, hoping she had gotten some bad information, but it was on fire when she arrived.
She said all of her six pets — three cats, a dog, a gecko and a snake — had died from smoke inhalation.
The latest: Dog the Bounty Hunter’s daughter and his late wife Beth says she lost six pets in a house fire in Fishersville, Virginia, on Tuesday.
She told the outlet: “When I got to the scene, the fire had initially told me they had found two cats and they were looking for another animal.”
Bonnie told the outlet that the ashes of her late mother Beth – who died of cancer in 2019 aged 51 – thankfully were not lost in the fire.
“That was one of my biggest concerns,” she said of the ashes.
She said some of her late mother’s photos and belongings were lost in the fire, but she was able to save others.
Bonnie is the daughter of TV bounty hunter Duane ‘Dog’ Chapman, pictured in 2019
Bonnie said she would not start a Go Fund Me campaign, but would research cremation rings or commission portraits to honor the memory of her pets.
Bonnie said her beloved cat Plum was one of the victims of the fire
“A lot of my belongings are destroyed or engulfed in smoke,” she said.
Bonnie said she would not start a Go Fund Me campaign, but would research cremation rings or commission portraits to honor the memory of her pets.
“That’s how I’m going to honor them,” she said, “and I’ll always keep them with me because they’ve filled my life with so many memories.”
Firefighters told the outlet that an electrical fault started the fire.