Double-duty dogs at Westminster Dog Show aid victims of LA fires, war

FILE PHOTO: Ziggy, a Borzoi breed, waits during the 149th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City, U.S., February 10, 2025. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon/File Photo

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Straight from the dog-show circuit at the 149th Westminster Dog Show in New York City, a four-year-old Borzoi named Ziggy is heading to Los Angeles to offer comfort to those displaced after the recent California wildfires and to emergency response workers who battled them.

Ziggy, who has been a therapy dog for two years, won a merit award for her breed this week at the show put on by the American Kennel Club (AKC).