Dispute Over Singer Chenoa’s Dog Sparks Ownership Controversy
A woman has launched a public campaign and filed an official complaint claiming that singer Chenoa’s dog is actually her own pet, which went missing in Tenerife earlier this year.
A dispute over the identity of a dog owned by singer Chenoa has sparked a public debate about the challenges of finding lost pets and the limitations of identifying animals through social media. Cristina López Setién has launched a campaign, claiming that the singer’s dog, Cloe, is actually her Pomeranian, Lola, who went missing in Tenerife in April 2024.
López Setién believes the dogs share identical physical traits, including a specific eye condition, a white line on the forehead, and a matching spot on the snout. She has filed an official complaint, providing documentation of her original ownership and the report she filed after the dog disappeared from the Laguna Park 2 complex, where security footage failed to capture the incident.
The timeline of events is central to the dispute. Cloe appeared at an animal shelter in Alhaurín de la Torre in September 2024, where she was microchipped because no previous identification was found. López Setién argues that the five-month gap between the dog’s disappearance and its arrival at the shelter suggests it could have been transported from the islands to the mainland, potentially missing a chip scan along the way.
Legally, however, visual comparisons are not considered proof of ownership in Spain; only an official microchip holds legal weight. To resolve the matter, López Setién is requesting a DNA test or an X-ray to check for an older, unregistered microchip.
After failing to resolve the issue privately with the singer’s representatives, López Setién has taken the matter public. While the singer’s side has dismissed the claims, citing the geographical distance and the dog's current documentation, López Setién insists that only scientific evidence can settle the case. The matter is now in the hands of the authorities, who must decide if there is enough evidence to warrant a formal investigation.