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Shut Down Bonsai Kitten

Spaniel MO | 10.07.2001 15:44

Shut Down Bonsai Kitten

Remember Bonsai trees? Where trees are trimmed to keep a small and `cute` shape? Well now there is Bonsai Kittens. These kittens at a week old are forced into small glass jars which are sealed. Because their bones are so brittle and soft, the take the shape of the container they are put in (a bit like ice cubes). Holes are drilled in the container for food, air and water. And because their isn't enough room for excretion, their anal passage is super glued up.
If you think this is a joke then visit www.bonsaikitten.com Full details of how they do this are on there. And what's worse is they think its funny.
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Spaniel MO
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Oh dear...

10.07.2001 21:16

...You seem to have overlooked the fact that it -is- a joke! The site is a mearly a parody, ment to be funny; the photos are faked and these bonsi kittens dont actually exist. Really, its not real.

Volocity Girl


Nice one............

11.07.2001 09:19

You utter, utter doughnut!!
Either you have used this site to advertise and get people to 'hit' your Kitten site and increase your advertising rev................or...........
.................you are, in fact, the dippiest person ever to have graced the internet.............

Thankyou for making me laugh at you at this early hour of the morning !

Paxman


PETA

12.07.2001 14:53

We share your
disgust with this disturbing Web site and are extremely concerned about its
influence. We have received word that the FBI has decided to investigate
this web site. This has come as a direct result of calls and emails that
have been flooding their offices. Please let them know that you are
concerned as well. You can file a complaint at the following Web site:
www.ifccfbi.gov. This is a reporting center Web site set up by the Federal
Bureau of Investigations (FBI) for Internet fraud and other forms of
Internet crime.

Although we have found this site to be a "joke," we still feel it is
inappropriate and certainly not funny. The Humane Society of the United
States (HSUS) investigated the origin of the site and found that the name
and address under which the site is registered, a "Dr. Michael Wong in New
York," is false information. The site was reportedly created by a student at
M.I.T. as a joke among friends. When this site initially appeared in
December, a local humane organization did get involved on a local level in
checking out this person but discovered no evidence of actual animal abuse
having occurred. We believe that the Web site's creator was simply trying to
generate attention by upsetting people who care about animals.

So far, it has been an uphill battle, as the only law that even
remotely covers issues like this is a law that covers e-mailed obscenities;
therefore, if the site is not in violation of the host's user agreement, no
law is being violated, and the site can remain up. As you may know, this
site has been closed down several times before but continues to reappear
with different Web addresses. We are hopeful that with enough complaints
filed with the FBI, stressing the influence it may have on cases of actual
cruelty, it will be removed permanently.

While the cruelty depicted on this Web site is a sick joke, the
reality is that billions of animals suffer horrendously cramped conditions
in factory farms. Chickens, calves, and pigs are crammed into cages so small
they cannot turn or stretch. Veal calves ("byproducts" of the milk industry)
are chained in small crates for the duration of their short lives, chickens
are squeezed into cages with no more space than a folded newspaper, and
pregnant and nursing pigs are caged so they can barely move. For more
information about how animals suffer on factory farms, go to
 http://www.peta-online.org/mc/facts/fsveg3.html and
 http://www.meatstinks.com/.

Thank you again for taking the time to contact us about this issue
and for all you do to help animals.

Sincerely,


Kelly S. Cunningham
Administrative Assistant
757-622-7382, ext. 398
 KellyC@peta-online.org

PETA


Sick

04.02.2004 22:06

I don't know about anyone else, but even the idea of bonsai kittens makes me feel sick. I don't even care if it's a joke: the fact is, there's somebody out there who's so disgusting and cruel that they thought of the idea. I don't know if they're doing it to get people to visit the site, or they get off on twisted jokes like that, but either way somebody should go give them a fucking fat kick in the head. They obviously need therepy as they have serious mental problems, and if I were them I would think about the consequences-there are some people out there who are a stupid and disturbed enough to actually think about doing this themselves! There's enough animal cruelty in the world without people making things up.

Lizzy Appleby