Kittens Used As Bait… To SCAM Animal Lovers

Posted on January 29, 2009 by Matt Embrey in News+Opinion

Using kittens as bait is morally and ethically reprehensible whether you are putting them on fish hooks to catch sharks, or putting them in a hoax video to scam animal lovers out of a few bucks.

This video is circulating around the web and purports to some undercover footage of “rich white American Anglers” using live kittens as shark bait. SHOCKING… and fortunately not true…

If you go to these scammers website they have an even more ridiculous video that claims that…

“The Human Society of America has announced overcrowding in their shelters by cats and kittens as a result of global warming.Earth’s warming temperatures have caused longer and more frequent breeding seasons.”

… and now, they claim, fisherman are using these cats and kittens as bait. The idea of global warming affecting the cat population is not completely unfounded, but it has nothing to do with this scam, other than to add another hot-button issue in a poor attempt to legitimize their claims.

What is the “HUMAN Society of America?” Cleary they expect you to read it as the HUMANE Society who have assured me that they have never made any such announcement.

Why would they do this? To sell $20 t-shirts. As they state on their website: “We are a for-profit Florida Corporation.” They claim to give a percentage of their profits to PETA, the HUMANE Society and the SPCA. What percentage? 0.00000000001% maybe? Nah, probably not that much. When I contacted the Humane Society they also assured me they are not receiving any money from this site.

The bottom line is this is a scam. They are unscrupulously taking advantage of REAL animal lovers. So unless you want to pad the pockets of Grady Warren and detract from real animal cruelty causes save you money or give it directly to one of those organizations that Warren claims to support.

If you are interested in donating money to help combat animal cruelty here’s a couple places to start…

Feel free to comment about your favorite organization that fights Animal Cruelty.

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Animal Cruelty, Animals, Hoax, nature, Scam

9 Responses to “ Kittens Used As Bait… To SCAM Animal Lovers ”

Vito

29. Jan, 2009

That reminds me of a article I read a week ago:

http://www.adsavvy.org/save-our-cats-and-kittens-from-fishermen-or-how-to-make-lots-of-money-online-as-a-liar/

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Scotty

13. Feb, 2009

Hehehe…
Anyone who has EVER thought this was real is…
Well…

Not very aware?

Kittens as bait…
Seriously?

Hilarious video….as for a scam…
This site is more of a scam. than this video. About Kittens. and scamming.

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Dangerous Animals

01. Jun, 2009

awww, drat. the video is no longer available anywhere else to go to see it?
-Rich

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- Matt Embrey
  
  01. Jun, 2009
  
  I updated the video, thanks for the heads up.
  
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checkyoursources

18. Jun, 2009

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/10/1019_051019_dogs_sharks.html

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- Matt Embrey
  
  18. Jun, 2009
  
  Yes, I am aware of that story. It is a terrible thing that happened, however, it does not validate this scam. Many scams are based on an actual event.
  
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  - aly
    
    24. Jul, 2009
    
    yeah, off of france they use stray dogs and cats, not exactly kittens but, really, THAT has got to stop, use chum, not animals
    
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Zippocat

29. Oct, 2009

if you don’t believe that real people out there never used cats or kittens as fishing bait for large sharks or marlins, you are dillusional

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