Celebrities who fought for custody of their pets after their divorce

Custody battles in Hollywood’s most publicized divorces can sometimes take an ugly turn, but the custody battle doesn’t always revolve around an estranged couple’s children. In some cases, deciding on pet ownership can prove to be just as difficult.

Miranda Lambert And Blake Shelton, one of country music fans’ favorite former couples, broke hearts in 2015 when they announced they were planning to divorce. Although they both found love again with Brendan McLoughlin and Gwen Stefani respectively, the details of their settlement also involved their pets – several of which they shared.

In 2014, Rolling stone reported a large number of animals in the possession of the then couple. “They have chickens, donkeys, pigs, goats and Black Angus cattle. They have six dogs – all strays that Lambert picked up or adopted from shelters – between the house and the farm, and five barn cats. (“You must have barn cats.”),” the magazine noted at the time. “Lambert also has three horses: an American Paint, a Welsh cob and a Gypsy Vanner that Shelton gave her for her birthday.”

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