A cathouse to pay for doghouse?

high-desert dog rescuer slated to run a controversial pit bull "academy" for Los Angeles has said she would reopen a Nevada cathouse to fund her fledgling doghouse. Dana Bartholomew in the Daily News.

Tia Torres of Agua Dulce told a Nevada newspaper of plans to restore her defunct bordello property, which burned last week, into a "Garden of Eden-type" brothel.

While the owner of Villalobos Pit Bull Rescue says she was joking, she could easily become the brothel's next madam if funds aren't forthcoming.

"If things don't happen soon, I may have to open up a cathouse to take care of my doghouse," said Torres, 47, whose comments had L.A. talk shows buzzing this week.