Directory of Bonsai Kittens Resources

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The "lost" eastern art of body modification by sealing kittens in rectilinear jars.

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• About.com: Bonsai Kitten - The World's Most Hated Website?

  http://urbanlegends.about.com/cs/animalsinsects/a/bonsai_kitten.htm
  What began as a puerile joke has turned into an Internet cause celebre. Animal welfare advocates decry it and defenders of free speech, well ... defend it. By David Emery.

• Register: Bonsai Kitten craze sweeps online world

  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/01/26/bonsai_kitten_craze_sweeps_online/
  Hardly a week goes by without computer games being blamed for turning people into psychopathic killers, so it was strangely reassuring to see some of these dangerous maniacs up in arms over the spoof Bonsai Kitten web site. By Andrew Smith.

• Register: FBI goes Bonsai Kitten hunting

  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/02/10/fbi_goes_bonsai_kitten_hunting/
  The FBI is reported to be investigating BonsaiKitten.com, the spoof Web site which has got animal lovers and anti-cruelty campaigners in uproar. By Andrew Smith.

• Slashdot: Bonsaikitten Eaten By Carnivore

  http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/02/09/2243227
  News and discussion forum.

• Urban Legends Reference Pages: Bonsai Kitten

  http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/bonsai.asp
  Is someone making 'bonsai kittens'?

• USAToday: Bonsai Kitten site brings animal-rights roar

  http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2001-02-20-ebrief.htm
  She doesn't believe there is such a thing as bonsai kittens, or even that the MIT graduate students behind the Web site meant to do anything but make a "sick joke." But as president of Hugs for Homeless Animals, she stands by the e-campaign to shut it down, and she's hoping the FBI will take action. By Janet Kornblum.

 

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