First, Leona Helmsley died and left her 5 billion dollar fortune to be used to help dogs. Then, the trustees of the estate sued to change that and use only a small fraction of the fortune for dogs, and the rest for human philanthropic causes. Now, three large animal rights groups are appealing that decision and asking the New York Surrogate's Court to intervene and force the trustees to use more of the money to help dogs, in accordance with Leona Helmsley's wishes.
