You all know how... fond of sheep we here at ICO are (if not, just check the logo), so it was with great sadness when we read how these noble animals were used in a shamefull scam. It appears that unscrupulous people imported sheep from Australia and England into Japan and later sold them to (really) unsuspecting people as... poodles. You read it correct... poodles.

It seems these perceptive folk started to suspect something was wrong when a Japanese moviestar wondered why her new "poodle" didn't bark or eat dog food. Then, one couple became (became?) suspicious when they took their doggie to the vet, to have its claws trimmed and were then told it had hooves... Sherlock Holmes they were not.

The police quickly launched an operation to get to the bottom of this horrid affair. It seems up to 2000 people were fooled by these terrorists. There was a happy ending for the sheep though, as many were donated to zoos and farms (I swear we haven't received any). Click this link to read more about it. Here's one of the true victims:

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Ewwww Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it on 2007-04-26 19:52:43 Singing:    "Everywhere you go, you always take the wether with you ..."

Hoax Written by biffuz on 2007-04-27 04:35:00 Whoever done this to a sheep deserves to be castrated!    Well, it's funny, but it's an hoax as the same newspaper admits: http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=263447    This story has been reported by several newspapers as true. It's similar to what happened in Italy some time ago: a lot of newspapers reported that Skype, in China, replaces some words like "freedom" with funny animal noises. The day after, a journalist claimed it was an hoax he posted on his blog to demonstrate how newspapers don't really check their sources as they claim

lol Written by beosfrance on 2007-04-27 04:59:10 Definitly not a beos related news, but very funny !!     Funnier since it's a hoax !

re: Hoax Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it on 2007-04-28 09:03:46 I guess this means they'll debate it on Fox News as a "Liberal" travesty and swear they're not making it up. But then, considering the normal IQ of Fox viewers, maybe someone could try this and sell them in an ad on Fox? No?    Baaaaaadd!! javascript:ac_smilie('')

Beauty. Written by Mat Geek (AU) on 2007-04-29 17:07:33 I'm sure there are a lot of New Zealand Beautician that are going to get requests for that cool new look.        Sheep Story + Crowded House, of course a NZ joke was need.

Coincidence? Written by nutela on 2007-04-30 12:55:32 So DaaT didn't you came up with this after our chat on #haiku? ;-))

@nutela Written by DaaT on 2007-05-01 03:36:08 Which chat about sheep specifically? There are so many :P

Such a waste of styling.... Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it on 2007-05-01 21:11:34 Even though the story is a fake, I find myself wondering: how many people would (outside of DaaT, who is no respecter of sheep, they're all pink inside) go for a sheep with a mohawk?    Even more entertaining would be one with a maze sheared out of them, sort of like a privet hedge maze, but smaller and woolier :P (though DaaT may find himself getting the wool pulled over his eyes, from such intimate relations! :P :P )

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