# Bonsai kittens?-- no, implied pet abuse **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 21, 2002, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonsai-kittens-no-implied-pet-abuse/99320 "2002-03-21T10:23:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Fingolfin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eada6e/32.png) [@Fingolfin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fingolfin)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonsai-kittens-no-implied-pet-abuse/99320/41 "2002-03-22T22:35:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Miller \* > \*\* > > Just a nitpick, but bear baiting is actually a “sport” where a bear is chained to a post and attacked by a pack of hunting dogs. The bear usually loses. \*\* Well I guess there are two types of “Bear Baiting” sports. One where gawkers stick food on fish hooks for starving bears to try to eat (Asia), and one where dogs attack a chained bear. What a wonderful world we live in, huh?! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Newton\_meter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/57b2e6/32.png) [@Newton\_meter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newton_meter)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonsai-kittens-no-implied-pet-abuse/99320/42 "2002-03-22T22:47:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fingolfin \* > **Well I guess there are two types of “Bear Baiting” sports. One where gawkers stick food on fish hooks for starving bears to try to eat (Asia), and one where dogs attack a chained bear. What a wonderful world we live in, huh?!** I’m with you. There are too many ways to be cruel to bears for us to choose. I know, what if we combined them! Chain the hungry bear, and have it attacked by tasty dogs on fish hooks. Seems like that makes everyone happy. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2002, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonsai-kittens-no-implied-pet-abuse/99320/43 "2002-03-23T00:26:29Z")
> [@](#): > > Hell, SPOOFie, Stile is nothing. Mostly pr0n these days anyway. Yeah, but go check their archives… some of their stuff rivals [Rotten.com](http://Rotten.com). ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2002, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonsai-kittens-no-implied-pet-abuse/99320/44 "2002-03-23T01:21:03Z")
Besides, any cat owner can tell you that if one was actually to attempt to do this, you wouldn’t have any skin left. ---
**Author:** ![Truth\_Seeker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@Truth\_Seeker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truth_Seeker)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2002, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonsai-kittens-no-implied-pet-abuse/99320/45 "2002-03-23T01:47:22Z")
Just curious. Has anyone called the phone number featured prominently on the Bonsai Kitten website? ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2002, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonsai-kittens-no-implied-pet-abuse/99320/46 "2002-03-23T01:52:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Newton meter \* > \*\* > > Even to chihuahuas? That’s a pretty lame excuse for a bear. \*\* Heeere bruin, bruin, bruin. ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonsai-kittens-no-implied-pet-abuse/99320/47 "2002-03-24T00:11:06Z")
Yo quiero Taco Bear. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonsai-kittens-no-implied-pet-abuse/99320.md?page=2)