Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tootsie (dog)
as a .  The so-called statue is a lawn ornament.  There is no coverage about this dog and its heroic act, so the article fails |verifiability.  And the claim that the Daily Mail had an exclusive and also conveniently purged its old articles is a far-fetched.  Old news articles are offered up behind pay walls, and would be turned up in a google news search.  Furthermore, a paper can get an exclusive from the family, but they cannot prevent other papers from reporting a a news event.  So even if this did happen (which I seriously doubt), no other newspapers thought that the event was notable enough to provide coverage.  Therefore, it fails |notability.  But really, it's a contravention of 
— User:Whpq, 17:56, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:HOAX||WP:V||WP:N||WP:HOAX (Wikipedia:Do not create hoaxes)