nicki_flute
Jan 23 2005, 05:13 PM
Ok, it is apparently a hoax (from the RSPCA site)
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My RSPCA - I’m concerned about the website www.bonsaikitten.com – what can be done about it?
The RSPCA is aware of this website and is extremely concerned about its contents. However, the production of “bonsai kittens†is a hoax – albeit in very bad taste – and to our knowledge no kittens have actually been subjected to this procedure. If anyone were found to have done so they would be subject to the country’s animal welfare laws and certainly in the United Kingdom could be prosecuted for causing unnecessary suffering.
Unfortunately, the worldwide web is not controlled or regulated centrally. There is not, therefore, any central authority to which we can complain about this, and other such sites. The RSPCA has written to the Internet Service Providers (ISP) who are hosting this particular site to express our concerns and to ask them to close the account with immediate effect.
One of the key problems is the international nature of the internet as well as the fact that it is increasingly easy for individuals to set up websites quickly and cheaply. National authorities are looking at ways of controlling material on the internet and there are many moves under way to try to create legal and practical ways of regulating the web and cleaning it up.
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nicki_flute
Jan 23 2005, 05:25 PM
Sorry, I just thought I'd heard it was true. If it is then how can people do things like that!