ssjgohan Report post Posted November 16, 2005 not usually one to post here but i got this disgusting mail of a friend about a guy in new york, a japanese guy that is putting kittens into small glass bottles and such to create a race of BONSAI KITTENS now its not like i always have alot of sympathy for pets etc.. but this actually got to me and i think it horrible putting those small cats in glass containers.. the method is to put them in those containers when they're young because there bones are still soft and easily changed of forms.. check here for more info www.bonsaikitten.com also i got a mail that holds protest against this and if you'd like your name on that list pm me your name or email on the forum here and i'll send it to you so this can stop... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
salun Report post Posted November 16, 2005 I have to tell you, that mail has circulated for years, (recieved it myself the first time about 2-3 years ago and again earlier this year) and it's fake - can't remember where I saw/heard/read it, but it is... Just thought I'd inform people 'bout it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakoblin Report post Posted November 16, 2005 really ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ssjgohan Report post Posted November 16, 2005 like i know... i just got it and look sort of horrible Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arnieman Report post Posted November 16, 2005 Well, if it were true, it'd be horrible. However, the clues are evident that things aren't real - I mean, who has ever heard of the US sanctioning bonsai kitticulture (especially with our animal cruelty laws)? Not to mention that the Siamese used in one of the examples is most obviously NOT a kitten (or, at least it isn't a newborn kitten). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dent Report post Posted November 18, 2005 One of the best run fakes out there. Read the fan / hate mail. It has people playing along and writing in for customer support / appreciation as well as threats to call the SPCA. The whole thing is a hoax. It is not so much funny in the product (which I assume was designed to disgust people) but in how elaborate it is and the responses it got from around the world. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jarkava Report post Posted November 18, 2005 thats mean but good thing it is fake! Evil people who faked that! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dragburn Report post Posted December 4, 2005 actually this allthough not real is not illegal. i refer to the dread scott case where the supreme court defined property as having no rights. pets to my knowledge are defined as property... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sirdan Report post Posted December 5, 2005 yeah its fake thank god it is fake! Bonsai Kittens Causing Worldwide Uproar Web Site Prompting Investigations CLEVELAND, 7:37 p.m. EDT July 23, 2001 -- The United States Humane Society said that it is aggressively investigating a Web site that's outraging pet owners across the country. bonsai kittens And the Humane Society is not alone. The FBI also reportedly launched its own probe. NewsChannel5 first heard about the Web site "Bonsai Kitten" from a concerned viewer. After investigating, the station learned that animal lovers in the Cleveland area and worldwide don't know whether the Web site is real or not. In Monday night's Special Assignment, NewsChannel5's Jodi Brooks reports that you shouldn't always believe what you see. "That's just not right," Ryan Mezinger, who's adopting a cat, said. "(It) kind of makes me mad. How could they do that to a cat?" "That's disgusting," Teri Cannon, who's also adopting a kitten, said. "That's animal abuse, really." The Web site bonsai kitten.com shows a kitten halfway in a glass jar, forced inside by a hand and a shoehorn. The site also shows an up-close picture of a kitten's face pressed against the bottom of apparently the same jar. The idea, supposedly, is to physically constrain the growth of a kitten and to sculpt it by rearing it in a small space. Cat lover Sandee Robertson saw the Web site and thought that it was true. "I'm sure it must be; they've got a Web site for it," she said. "There must be an interest for it. It's disgusting and it's sick, but there are people out there (who) would do things like that." The Animal Protective League in Cleveland has received hundreds of e-mails, letters and phone calls about the Bonsai Kitten Web site. The good news is that according to the APL, there is no indication that someone has actually tried to do that. But the APL does admit that it is fearful. "Even though this site appears to be a spoof and everyone says it is, some young people are going to take it seriously," Jeff Kocian, executive director of the APL, said. The Web site promises to deliver 3-month-old kittens raised in a jar, and offers Bonsai Kitten products that you can do yourself. bonsai kittens But when NewsChannel5 tried to order the products online, it didn't work. The Web site creator is apparently a student at MIT in Massachusetts. He's jumped from server to server, and faces no criminal charges. "No animals were actually harmed in the making of it," Stephanie Shain of the Humane Society said. "It was computer imaging. (Because) no laws are being broken, legally nothing can be done." Bonsai Kitten is protected under freedom of speech. College student Josh Keslar is adopting a kitten and has words for the Web masters. "I'd put them in jail," he said. "I'd put them in a little jar like that and see how they like, rearrange their bone structure." The Humane Society said that it will continue to monitor the site. For now, it wants pet owners to know that it's a cruel joke that no one is finding funny. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
salun Report post Posted December 5, 2005 yeah its fake thank god it is fake! Cat lover Sandee Robertson saw the Web site and thought that it was true. "I'm sure it must be; they've got a Web site for it," she said. "There must be an interest for it. It's disgusting and it's sick, but there are people out there (who) would do things like that." Ohhh... this one's good And it actually hits what this is about just perfectly! - they've got a Web site for it, ergo it must be real?!? Riiiight.... Don't we all just love our good old web? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shadowmaster25x Report post Posted December 20, 2005 ok im really hoping this is fake because even the idea of it is just plain SICK, and if people were actually doing this it would be animal cuelty (at least in the us) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Entropy Report post Posted December 21, 2005 How the hell can someone even consider that that site is not a joke . I've seen it for the first time like... 8 years ago and it is pretty evident that it is a joke. I mean, FFS people, learn some basic biology things. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ssjgohan Report post Posted December 26, 2005 sorry ent sometimes i just believe something before considering if it can be really true ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kat Report post Posted January 19, 2006 i got that email from a few friends maybe last yr...and there's been a petition going around to try and shut that site down cuz 1- it is wrong and 2-it gives pycho's out there an idea or two... sorta like how there are people out there that still believe that black cats or evil and will go and capture or take someone's black cat and burn it halloween night....which is reallly sad cuz i can't let my kitty outside during october -kat Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sparhawk Report post Posted January 19, 2006 i got that email from a few friends maybe last yr...and there's been a petition going around to try and shut that site down cuz 1- it is wrong and 2-it gives pycho's out there an idea or two... If web is wolrdwide how can there be laws to it? (If there is clarify me on them) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beyonce Report post Posted January 19, 2006 its just sad,, you dont put little kittens in a glass Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nidan Report post Posted January 20, 2006 sorry ent sometimes i just believe something before considering if it can be really true ... Wizard's First rule: People will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dent Report post Posted January 20, 2006 ***"......growing miniature trees by rigorous pruning of their roots and branches...." - Do they really do that to those poor little trees? Friday, September 19, 2003 at 18:01:33*** its just sad,, you dont put little kittens in a glass And my favourite : now someone please lock this thread so it doesn't keep getting ressurected. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arnieman Report post Posted January 20, 2006 i got that email from a few friends maybe last yr...and there's been a petition going around to try and shut that site down cuz 1- it is wrong and 2-it gives pycho's out there an idea or two... If web is wolrdwide how can there be laws to it? (If there is clarify me on them) A.) servers are not worldwide - though they can be accessed/"viewed" worldwide. They could be prosecuted by the laws of the nation they are located in. B.) users are not worldwide - though they can be all over the world. They can be prosecuted under the laws of the nation they are in when they access the internet. C.) International law... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnttlin Report post Posted January 23, 2006 please please do not lock it . i actually seen my friend brought one online for $1 usd . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
