The Sheep caper.
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One Heck of a Wild Sheep Case
Thousands of Japanese have been swindled in a scam in which they were sold Australian and British sheep and told they were poodles, News Australia reports. Flocks of sheep were marketed as fashionable accessories - available at $1,300 each - by a company called Poodles as Pets. A real poodle retails for twice that much in Japan.
The scam was uncovered when Japanese film star 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.
One Heck of a Wild Sheep Case
Thousands of Japanese have been swindled in a scam in which they were sold Australian and British sheep and told they were poodles, News Australia reports. Flocks of sheep were marketed as fashionable accessories - available at $1,300 each - by a company called Poodles as Pets. A real poodle retails for twice that much in Japan.
The scam was uncovered when Japanese film star 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.
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I don't see the problem with this? It sounds like sheep are more rare than poodles, and they do look similar. I bet a sheep would make a great pet. I think these people got one hell of a deal on a rare exotic pet.
I just can't resist. It sounds like they BAHrgained up the wrong tree.0 -
LMAO this is just hiliarious. Yeah, I know, getting screwed over is never fun (been there, done that), but ROTFLMAO over this.
Damn, hon, this dog must be from Boston. Everytime it tries to go "Bark Bark" it only gets to "Ba Ba."
quote:One couple said they became suspicious when they took their "dog" to have its claws trimmed and were told it had hooves.
I'm sorry, man, I'm laughing so hard here I can't even see because tears are literally rolling down my face. Hmmmmmm. Poodles don't have hooves, do they? Methinks we've been screwed!0 -
are people really that stoooopid w/thier money, 1300.00 for a poodle, fatten em up and put them on the dinner table,it does sound like they got a baaaahhh..d deal[}:)] 0 -
Oh rook a rittle ramb![:D][:D][:D] 0 -
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quote:Originally posted by sheepdip
nice..er.. poodle[}:)][:D]0
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