Michael Jackson's ex-wife Debbie Rowe says hearing about Jessica Simpson's snatched pooch made her sad. The singer's maltipoo Daisy was snatched by a coyote outside her Beverly Hills home last week.

‘I'm very sorry for her loss,' say Debbie. ‘Coyotes are smart and hunt very well in LA. 'When dogs are small, you can't leave them out alone, especially at daybreak, night time and evening.'

Debbie's basset hound Ruufus was mauled to death by a coyote in 2004. ‘We were able to do the "country thing" - we shot the coyote and hung the skin on the fence,' she tells Us Weekly. ‘The coyotes moved on after a few days.'