Alert – Katie Price gets SEVENTH dog as she rescues a black Labrador puppy – after string of pet deaths at her home: ‘What difference is another one!’

Katie Price has become the owner of a seventh dog after rescuing a black Labrador puppy – despite a string of pet tragedies at her home in recent years.

The former glamour model, 45, – who also adopted a new puppy Tank in August –  has taken on the pooch which is now 12 weeks old after her neighbour asked her for a favour. 

It comes after earlier this year leading animal charity PETA slammed Katie after her dog named Blade died in her care in June – saying she had ‘blood on her hands’.

The star has faced a slew of tragedies over the past six years, including the deaths of now five dogs, a horse and even her chameleon, Marvin.

Along with her new rescue pup, she now has four Chihuahuas – named Captain, Buddy, Colin, and Batman – as well as a French Bulldog named Precious and German Shepherd Tank. 

In a pet update, speaking to her sister on their podcast The Katie Price show, she explained: ‘Fifteen minutes before I came on here, I get a call from a friend across the road, ‘Kate, someone has just given me a puppy, they can’t have it, can you have it?’

‘I am like, ‘What is it?’ ‘A black Labrador’ and I went, ‘Aw I really can’t have any more dogs’ and I said just bring it over.

‘So I have got a nine-week-old Labrador puppy. They had puppies, sold it to someone and they got it for their kid who has got autism but the kid is going absolutely mad with it.

‘They have had it three weeks, the puppy must be 12 weeks, sorry. Tiny it is.

‘I said, ‘Bring it around, so I have rescued a dog.’

Her sister Sophie questioned why she would get another one to which she replied: ‘I couldn’t say no, it turned up and needs a home, so I have rescued a black Labrador pup.

‘The dogs are all going crazy and it’s a little girl and I don’t normally have little girls because of their periods because it’s mess, but I couldn’t say no.

‘So now I have added another dog to the six dogs and just like kids, I am like, ‘What difference is another one?’ So I have two puppies to train at the moment.’

PETA Vice President of Programmes Elisa Allen told after the death of her dog Blade: ‘After a seventh animal died in her custody, Katie Price should be facing more than the court of public opinion – she should face a court of law and be banned for life from keeping animals.

‘PETA urges authorities to look into Blade’s death and reminds the public that it’s not just Price who has blood on her hands. 

‘Greedy breeders who keep selling or ‘gifting’ animals to her are also to blame, as they know full well what the likely outcome will be.’ 

Katie announced Blade’s death on Instagram, writing: ‘Words can’t express the lost of my best friend my protector my absolutely everything who had sadly passed away today.

‘I have no words to say how I’m feeling but numb and shocked rip Blade.’

Blade’s death came just seven months after another of Katie’s dogs, Sharon, was killed on the same road. 

Sharon was killed when she allegedly escaped and ran on to the road where she was hit by a car. She was picked up off the A24 by the driver and taken to Arun Vets in Pulborough, West Sussex, where her death was confirmed.

In 2020, Katie’s pet dog Rolo suffocated in her home, while her Alsatian Sparkle was mowed down in February of the same year, in shocking echoes of the death of her dog Queenie, who was killed in 2018. 

In July 2020, Katie was criticised by animal rights activists after Rolo’s suffocation. The French bulldog died after getting stuck in an electric armchair while the reality star was packing some bags in another room, reported The Mirror.

Rolo was given to her daughter Princess as a birthday present.

Katie later revealed her shock after she was illegally advised to give her late puppy Rolo cannabis oil before he ‘suffocated to death in an armchair’.

Katie told The Mirror that she was unaware that it is illegal to give dogs the substance without a veterinary prescription, in accordance with the The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013.

One of Katie’s horses was tragically hit by a car and killed in 2017 after escaping from a field.

And in 2018 her dog Queenie was struck and killed by a delivery driver.

At the time, she wrote: ‘I’m absolutely devastated, heartbroken, my faithful loving family dog’s life Queenie has been shortened as she was killed by a heartless delivery driver who ran into our dog seeing her struggle and drove off without telling us and left her to die very disappointed a human being can be this heartless! [sic]’

It was claimed the driver worked for Domino’s pizza, but a spokesman said at the time: ‘Our investigation revealed our driver inadvertently called Ms Price’s property via the security gate intercom, whilst trying to make a delivery to a neighbour.

‘Upon realising the error, GPS tracking reveals she went straight to the correct address. Our driver remained on public roads and had no access to Ms Price’s land.

‘Our driver holds a clean, valid EU driving license and maintains she did not hit an animal. She has voluntarily contacted the police but has been told no criminal charges are pending. We want to understand what happened and have asked Ms Price to share the CCTV to help our investigation.’

‘Unfortunately, despite repeatedly requesting, we’re still unable to get a crime reference number or sight of the CCTV Katie mentioned, to help our investigation.’