Cats used as shark bait hoax!
I’ve noticed how everyone got excited and angry seing the video where an assumed Grady Warren (famous Aussie fisherman and reporter) told us the story of a few American fisherman who use live kitties as bait for shark fishing in Venezuela. See the video here!
Considering the fact that no major press agency bothered to say something about the video, I thought it’s just a hoax.
After that, I saw the assumed cruel video. The images are not at all shocking. The only shocking thing that might be is watching a black kitty shaking because she’s cold (we are shown that the kitty is wet).
I entered the site they said was created to help the poor kitties and all I saw was a spam site. Another huge internet scam! I wonder how many people actually believed it.
I’ve had a friend that, a few years ago, tried to make a bonsai kitten. I guess you all remember that hoax. Ok, it’s a joke, a scam, but these people who do this don’t think of the consequences? I mean, God knows how many stupid people actually tried to make a bonsai kitty or fish a shark using a kitty or a puppy.
It’s really stupid! The lame part is that the site “save our kitties from fishermen dot com” is still online and nobody is doing anything about it. Heck, maybe someone got rich after getting $20 from every person who thought the video is true and tried to save an innocent kitty life.
Please, if you really care about your pets, don’t give money to these people. They try to get to your soft side using pets, because let’s face it, our heart is melting when we see a cute kitty.
If you still don’t believe me, read Adsavvy.com.
February 3rd, 2009 at 3:24 am
You are an idiot.
March 4th, 2009 at 1:57 am
Good info.
There are a lot of hoax nowadays.
May 22nd, 2009 at 1:22 am
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/10/1019_051019_dogs_sharks.html
If you have doubts about people using cats and dogs as shark bait off Reunion Island please read this national geographic article. There are tons of articles on the web describing this very REAL practice of very cruel people using these animals as live bait. It does happen, and there’s clear proof of it online.
As for the video you are referring to, it is VERY possible that video is a hoax and very possible that guy is making money off of it, but he’s still bringing attention to a REAL problem, so I honestly don’t care if he does make a killing off those T-Shirts and doesn’t donate any. But my friend, none of us have proof that he is making a killing and that he’s not donating. And his video does look like a fake, but just because you don’t see a kitty devoured doesn’t mean all of that footage is stock photography. Bottom line is that it doesn’t matter, b/c the issue DOES exist. People use cats and dogs to fish for sharks- that my friend is no hoax. It’s the sad truth.
April 7th, 2011 at 10:43 pm
What about the people who believe cows are sacred? We kill and eat them every day of the year. I believe that as much as we might not like what other cultures may or may not do that are in line with our ways of thinking, we can’t expect all countries to be like us.