There is a company in New York, their website is bonsaikitten.com, and its just sick and disturbing what they are doing to thses animals. They put kittens in glass jars and manipulate their bodies and sell them as decorations. Please contact the aspca and tell them to stop this! If anyone else has suggestions on what to do, please email me. We need to stop this cruelty. Thank you-Larien

The Bonsai Kitten story is an Urban Legend. The story came about quite some time ago.

To read more information about the legend, check out the following URL.

Bonsai Kittens - Urban Legend

Oh, boy, thanks, Lydia. I almost had a stroke.

Bandai], I hope you weren't kidding. If you were, it's a sick joke.

The sad part about that stupid website is some nut will think it is not a hoax and try it.
If you read their guestbook some entries do not sound like they are joking.
Hoax or not, I hate that this website is out there. It makes me sick every time I come across it.

No, Bab, I wasnt joking. Thank you Lydia, I just found out it was indeed a hoax from the ASPCA, which I contacted last night. The fact still remains that this site promotes animal cruelty, and it should be shut down. Gin is correct, some of those guestbook sound real and I am truely horrified. This site must be stopped, there are sites trying to do so.

Thanks for posting, Bandai]. I agree with you. 'Joking' about such horrors cheapens the efforts of sincere people trying to stop cruelty to animals.

I'm almost more upset by cruelty to animals than by cruelty to humans. The animals are innocent, and if well treated are valuable companions and helpers.

That's why I stopped using margarine a few years back. In those days it contained whale by-products. I use 100% vegetable these days.

I won't wear fur, and I despise women who prance around in fur coats, thinking they look wonderful in them. That coat was skinned from an animal. The animal was very likely killed cruelly for its coat, so that some ***** could strut around in it. She didn't even have the guts to kill and skin it herself!

I admit I use leather if from animals that are used for food e.g. cattle and sheep, and the leather is a by-product of an animal already dead. In the case of animals bred for food, all we can do is see that they are humanely raised, and killed with mercy.

I oppose medical research based on animal subjects. Too much horrible vivisection and other cruelties have been practiced, a lot of it quite useless for research, in the past.

I won't use cosmetics which were tested on animals. Most of this is useless, too, because
(1) the tests on animals don't assure that humans will have a bad reaction from a product; our body chemistries are different
(2) the tests are just window-dressing to avoid lawsuits:

'You mascara blinded you? We are not negligent. We tested it on cats and rabbits, they were fine.'

(3) if the cosmetics companies really cared about customer safety, they would pay attention to complaints lodged by human users once the products are sold, and take the products off the market.

Instead, they pay off the victims, get them to sign a non-disclosure agreement, do a product assessment:

-Will we make more money by selling the product and paying off the occasional victim, or should we withdraw the product?

and act accordingly based on profitability.

Also I think pet ownership should be regulated. People who have 'guard dogs' in their back yards and do nothing but throw them food once in a while should be stopped.

While I know this won't happen, I still think we should work to stop cruel practices. Certainly we should not support cruelty when we shop. If I can't see how a puppy was raised, because he's for sale in a pet store and probably came from a puppy mill, I won't buy the dog.

Well thank goodness BellSouth has a proxy filter on that site and deems it inappropriate for me to view at work! I don't think I coulda handled it. I've never heard of this site nor of the legend behind it. But I'm thankfull it is not true!

The only manipulation of my cat's body is when he wraps himself around my neck. And it's his doing - not mine!

Babthrower - - I read your post and had to look back to see if I wrote it or just read it!!! I couldn't agree with you more!!!!!!!!

This web site BandaiJ is speaking of has upset and angered more people than it has humored. It is a tasteless and senseless joke.