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Posted by meridianday on 26-04-2007 at 15:38:

All the little pups go baa! baa! baa!

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Thousands of rich Japanese women were conned into believing lambs were valuable miniature poodles.

Flocks were imported from the UK and Australia to be sold by an internet company as the latest "must have" pet.

The scam was rumbled when movie star Maiko Kawakami complained on a talk show that her new poodle refused to bark or eat dog food.

She showed photos of the animal and was devastated when told that it was a lamb, reports the Sun.

Hundreds of women contacted police to say that they had also been sold lambs instead of pedigree pups by the con artists based in Sapporo.

One couple found out the truth only after a dog beautician told them she could not trim their poodle's claws - because they were hooves.

The company, whose name translated as Poodles As Pets, has now been shut down.

Bosses took advantage of the fact sheep are rare in Japan and most people do not know what they look like.

They advertised poodles online for бё630 - half the price of the highly-desired puppies in Japan at бё1,260.

A police spokesman said: "We launched an investigation after we were made aware that a company were selling sheep as poodles."

O RLY?

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Posted by Transmute Jun on 26-04-2007 at 17:42:

But wouldn't a lamb just make a cute little pet, anyhow? Wink Evilimu

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Posted by gatchgirl on 27-04-2007 at 01:34:

Or an even better dinner..... sorry I've been getting less sleep lately... Trolls the lambs eat them yourself....

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Posted by Cep on 27-04-2007 at 09:18:

joecool hehe you gotta be stupid to think a lamb is a poodle even if you have never seen one before, its just blindingly obvious they aren't canines.

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Posted by Springie on 27-04-2007 at 09:40:

Heehee...so they're worried about "the silence of the lambs" ?

I cannot imagine how the hooves wouln't give it away! Inverted1

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Posted by meridianday on 27-04-2007 at 11:41:

Apparently it's a hoax. It was just too funny to be true... Although it is said that meat is so expensive in Japan that they'd still have made a profit on their woolly little darlings.

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Posted by Metaliant on 27-04-2007 at 12:31:

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Originally posted by Springie
Heehee...so they're worried about "the silence of the lambs" ?

I cannot imagine how the hooves wouln't give it away! Inverted1

"Or the bleating." Passes mint sauce round.

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Posted by imaqtz on 30-04-2007 at 14:59:

Lol LOL!! Rofl

I cant believe I MISSED this thread!!

thats just too damn hilarious...and Im talking of the responses, not just the actual supposed story!

Rofl

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Posted by Metaliant on 30-04-2007 at 18:57:

What will they think of next? Thinking a Pigeon is a sparow.

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