Bonsai Kitten Chain Mail?

[conkermaniac]

Well, I received this supposed "chain mail" that claims to be a petition to end some practice that modifies the bones of kittens. From looking at the website link they put these kittens in a bottle so that they grow into strange and abnormal shapes. Should I believe this?

If you receive this email, PLEASE put your name on the bottom. Even
if you do not care ( I sincerely hope that is not the case) COPY THE
EMAIL AND PASTE IT, THEN FORWARD IT ON.......PLEASE....... just put
your name there, it wont take too much effort. To anyone with love
and respect for life: In New York there is a Japanese who sells
"bonsai-kittens". Sounds like fun huh? NOT! These animals are
squeezed into a bottle. Their urine and faeces are removed through
probes. They feed them with a kind of tube.
They feed them chemicals to keep their bones soft and flexible so the
kittens grow into the shape of the bottle. The animals will stay
there as long as they live. They can't walk or move or wash
themselves. Bonsai-kittens are becoming a fashion in New York and
Asia. See this horror at:
http://www.bonsaikitten.com
and look at the gallery page.
Please sign this email in protest against these tortures. If you
receive an email with over 500 names, please send a copy to:
anacheca@hotmail.com From there this
protest will be sent to USA and Mexican animal protection
organizations. If you send this to your friends: Use the copy/paste
method in an NEW
email to keep this readable....
1. Ana Check Mexico, D.F..
2. Manolo Alert Mexico, D.F.
3. Alberto Huerta Mexico, D.F.
4. Manuel Gutierrez Mexico, D.F.
5. Marco Zapata Madrid.
6. Teresa Morato Mexico,D.F.
7. Ximena Goyenechea Mexico, D.F.
8. Larissa Lara Mexico, D.F.
9. Marina Arencibia, Venezuela.
10. Ana Maria Carvajal, Venezuela.
11. Edgard D'Angelo, Venezuela.
12. Claudia Marquez, Venezuela.
13. Derek Ludovic, Venezuela.
14. Rodolfo Placencia, Venezuela.
15. Marbella Caceres, Venezuela.
16. Maria Cristina Caceres, Venezuela.
17. Ana C.Castro, Venezuela.
18. Victoria Sanchez,Venezuela.
19. Maria Editha Valdeavellano, Chile.
20. Patricio Valdeavellano, Chile.
21. Reinaldo Lopez, Venezuela.
22. Paula Aedo, Chile.
23. Constanza Carrasco, Chile.
24. Cecilia Noton, Chile.
25. Carlos Eduardo Briones Bolbaran, Chile.
26. Ximena Alejandra Briones Bolbaran, Chile.
27. Pamela Andrea Roa Alarcon, Chile.
28. Gabriela Beatriz Christiny Guajardo, Chile.
29. Magdalena Amenabar Iniguez, Chile
30. Indra Soledad Kleinhempel Valladares, Chile.
31. Monica Marisol Moreno Muga, Chile.
32. Pilar Rebolledo,Chile.
33. Andrea Villagra, Chile.
34. Claudia Jerez, Chile.
35. Erna Zagal, Chile.
36. Andrea Munoz, Chile.
37. Jacqueline Mateluna, Chile.
38. Beatriz Crovetto, Chile.
39. Carinne Santana, Chile.
40. Angelica Bendana,Chile.
41. Isabel Olivares, Chile.
42. Max Aguilera, Chile.
43. Maria Jose Molina, Chile.
44. Alejandra Fuentealba, Chile.
45. Tamara Huanquel, Chile.
46. Paulina Garces, Chile.
47. Carmen Gloria Munoz,Chile.
48. Maria Soledad Cofre Chile.
49. Sergio Antoine, Chile.
50. Maria Jose Espinoza, Chile.
51. Alejandra Bauerle, Chile.
52. Ximena Chau, Chile.
53. Doris Rubio, Chile.
54. Heidi Acevedo, Chile.
55. Claudia Acevedo, Chile.
56. Maria Elena Vergara, Chile.
57. Sandra Soto
58. Elizabeth Molina
59. Paula Rios
60. Rodrigo Gajardo
61. Andrea Solari
62. Paula Baranda
63. Guillermina de la Jara
64. Monserrat Gajardo
65. Paola Croma
66. Erika Leiva
67. Luis Bravo
68. Ximena Cruz, Chile
69. Marcela Serey, Chile
70. Ismael Serey, Chile
71. Luisa Torres, Chile
72. Luis Gomez, Chile
73. Loreto Valenzuela, Chile
74. Lorena Tapia, Chile
75. Antonia Fortt,Chile
76. Fernando A. Vivanco, Wisconsin, USA
77. Gisela Leon, Chile
78. Andrea Leon, Chile
79. Lorena Calleja, Chile.
80. Rossana Cerecera, Chile.
81. Hugo Vera, Chile
82. Elena Mena, Puerto Rico
83. Vangie Valles, Puerto Rico
84. Ana Maria Alvarez Cartana, Puerto Rico
85. Karinna Rodriguez, Montevideo, Uruguay
86. Antonio Viera Vecchio, Montevideo, Uruguay
87. Carlos Vigliola, Montevideo, Uriguay
88. Jorge Savecki, Montevideo, Uruguay
89. Bianca Koch, Sao Paulo, Brasil
90. Evandro Cordova da Silva, Sao Paulo, Brasil
91. Rodrigo Bertolani, Sao Paulo, Brasil
92. Ri cardo Leonardi Fernandes, Sao Paulo, Brasil
93. Daniella Costa Neri, Sao Paulo, Brasil
94. Patricia R. Futema, Sao Paulo, Brasil
95. Adelina Lourenco de Oliveira, Sao Paulo, Brasil
96. Maria Cristina R. Mucciolo, Sao Paulo, Brasil
97. Caroline Bittencourt, SP, Brasil
98. Rodrigo Ceriquera, SP,Brasil
99. Caroline Musselli, SP, Brasil
100. Andrea Correa, SP, Brail
101. Adriane Costa e Rocha Ciaffone, SP, Brasil
102. Daniela Siqueira Costa Rocha, SP, Brasil
103. Claudia Eliana Perin Bertoni, SP, Brasil
104. Anna Paula de Britto Colacino, SP, Brasil
105. Michelle Susan Wright - SP - Brasil
106. Flavia Cordovil, SP, Brazil
107. Regina Rodrigues, SP, Brazil
...yada, yada, yada...When I received it, it had 479 names already, but it had too many characters to fit in this post.

 

[roly]

ROTFLMAO no

 

[Akalon]

Seems a bit sus, but as they are not actually collecting email addresses it might actually be true. Search for the site with the list of chain letters and see if it is fake.

Actually, I just went to the site, doesn't look real.

 

[Dusty]

Are you telling me people actually think Bonsai Kittens are real?


Quotes from the guestbook:

In reply to an angry letter about Kitticulture:
"We resent your opinions, and wish you did not have them."

In reply to a suggestion that pictures of disfigured humans should be posted instead of cats:
"Cats simply do not have the financial wherewithal or Web shopping abilities to keep the market afloat"

In reply to an objection to selling cat drugs:
"...judging from the limited degree of coherence present in your correspondence with us, it seems that you may have been partaking of your own collection of restricted substances."

In reply to a mother apologizing for her 14 year old son Necropimp's threats and insults, saying how he's under the care of a psychiatrist:
"...your son's aberrant behavior could possibly be traced to the unorthodox name with which you chose to christen him. In the event that you should have additional children in the future, we recommend giving them more normal names in order to start them off on the right track."

In reply to a poem:
"art predicts progress / rectilinear kittens / it's hip to be square"

How can anyone possibly take that seriously?

 

[Jan]

http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/blbonsai.htm :confused2