Some people just have no compassion and no understanding of what it’s like to love a little, innocent being, and that’s what Cricket is.

Internet blog sites and talkback hosts have mocked the the New Zealand model and television personality’s appeal for help to find the tiny chihuahua which has been her constant companion for nine years. Cricket sleeps with her, and eats the same fish, chicken and vegetables Watson cooks herself for dinner.

He disappeared today last Saturday night at Matarangi, where she was attending a charity fundraiser.

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