Pakage Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 Thousands of Japanese have been swindled in a scam in which they were sold Australian and British sheep and told they were poodles. Flocks of sheep were imported to Japan and then sold by a company called Poodles as Pets, marketed as fashionable accessories, available at $1,600 each. That is a snip compared to a real poodle which retails for twice that much in Japan. The scam was uncovered when Japanese moviestar Maiko Kawamaki went on a talk-show and wondered why her new pet would not bark or eat dog food. She was crestfallen when told it was a sheep. Then hundreds of other women got in touch with police to say they feared their new "poodle" was also a sheep. One couple said they became suspicious when they took their "dog" to have its claws trimmed and were told it had hooves. Japanese police believe there could be 2,000 people affected by the scam, which operated in Sapporo and capitalised on the fact that sheep are rare in Japan, so many do not know what they look like. "We launched an investigation after we were made aware that a company were selling sheep as poodles," Japanese police said, the The Sun reported. "Sadly we think there is more than one company operating in this way. "The sheep are believed to have been imported from overseas - Britain, Australia." Many of the sheep have now been donated to zoos and farms. HAHAHA!@!1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pakage Posted April 27, 2007 Author Share Posted April 27, 2007 HHAAAAHAHAH@!!@!211` Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsoluteValue Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 ... priceless. And its obviously quite easy to just import a few hundred LIVE SHEEP into Japan? And damn, those are some massive sheep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kritical Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 This is perhaps the funniest thing I've heard all month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Awesome Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 what the shit were they being fed before they were discovered to be sheep? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pakage Posted April 27, 2007 Author Share Posted April 27, 2007 dog food aparantly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Awesome Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 dog food aparantly! If you put a bowl of meat in front of a sheep, do you think it would eat it? I appreciate that that's what the article said but, like, sheep don't eat meat. I'm going to laugh if this turns out to be viral marketing for black sheep . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robyn Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 ...wondered why her new pet would not bark or eat dog food. That sheep is NOT impressed with his poodle 'do, it knows how stupid it looks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pakage Posted April 27, 2007 Author Share Posted April 27, 2007 dog food aparantly! If you put a bowl of meat in front of a sheep, do you think it would eat it? I appreciate that that's what the article said but, like, sheep don't eat meat. I'm going to laugh if this turns out to be viral marketing for black sheep . yeah, what robyn quoted, they "tried" to feed them dog food! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fulltimeplay Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 hahahahaha How is it possible that somebody could not know the difference between a poodle and a sheep?????????? That is bizarre Did anyone hear about the poodle/chihuahua stealing scam that went on (I think) in Japan? These people busted into apartments in balaclavas and stole their dogs. In true school abduction/kidnapping style. Odd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teret Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 :kitty: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solkai Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 Sorry to ruin your fun but http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/2/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10436939 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 bleh - too good to be true - oh well... I still have faith in humanity for now =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pakage Posted May 1, 2007 Author Share Posted May 1, 2007 yeh, i heard it was bullshit funny prank tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Awesome Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 I knew it. I so called that shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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