Save Our Cats And Kittens From Fishermen: Or How To Make Lots Of Money Online
Apparently, all you have to do to make money online is invent a fake, but morally reprehensible, tragedy, put together a video about said tragedy, then sell t-shirts.
Oh, I almost forgot… then PROFIT.
The Save Our Cats and Kittens From Fishermen (SOCKFF) video has been making the rounds of the blogosphere for a while now, and still, not many people have called shenanigans on it. That amazes me. This video is obviously fake. It has zero evidence of it’s claim, it doesn’t show any cats being eaten by sharks, it doesn’t show any cats being pierced with hooks (although a gloved man pretends to), it doesn’t show anything really. It only shows black cats supposedly dangling from a hook, and a gloved man pretending to hook a kitten but blocking the camera’s view at the last second. Take a look at the cat dangling frame:
If that cat were actually dangling from a hook that had been pierced through it’s back skin, the skin would be stretched out far more than it is there. In fact, it looks like the cat’s actually hanging from some type of harness around it’s midsection. Take a good look. This video is fake, and it’s fairly obviously fake in my opinion.
The owner of the website, a guy by the name of Grady Warren apparently, is a genius. He posts a video that pulls at the sad strings of animal lovers everywhere, then he sells t-shirts. People think they’re helping out the kitties, but all he does (supposedly, he may not even do this) is donate a portion of the proceeds to either the lunatic PETA cult, the SPCA, the World Wildlife Fund, or the Humane Society. What percentage of the funds go to those charities? Who knows. It could be as little as 1 cent per thousand dollars. Warren does post this little disclaimer:
We are a for-profit Florida Corporation. We are promoting awareness of animal abuse and our donations to these four established charities will be used as the individual organizations choose.
The really interesting thing about this whole SOCKFF affair isn’t that it exists, since this scam has been around for a long time (it used to be dog’s as bait). The interesting thing is that so many people have been fooled by it. Face it, very bizarre shit happens in the world, and the internet has video of a lot of it, so it stands to reason that something like this could be true. That possibility is all he needs, the long tail of the internet does the rest. If only a small number of the people who see that video end up buying a t-shirt, he’s at least recouped the money he spent making the shirts. Genius business plan if you ask me. Well done, Grady Warren.
Is this the mysterious business genius, Grady Warren? The world may never know.
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Thank you for posting this.
The first time I saw this, all I cold think of was the “cat juggling” charity in the movie The Jerk.
I have just seen your video of fisherman useing kittens for live bait. Even though my wife and I are not cat people, I found that video to be the most cruel and disgusting thing I have ever witnessed. Maybe these people should have a hook put through the back of their necks and dangle them in the waters off Austrailia to intice a great white shark to feed on them. We have never been, and never will be cruel to any animal. I was at the point of vomiting watching that video. This should be given to all the news networks. CNN would be a good start. Maybe they would investigate even further. Totalling disgusting.
Billy
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Even though the guy is getting money that he doesn’t deserve – what the fishermen are doing is not fake. I have seen it.. . They were fined a few years ago for doing this to puppies.
I require more evidence than observation that this is fake. Your evidence amounts to ‘this does not look like what I think it would look like to have a kitten on a hook’, and the fact no kittens are eaten on camera amounts to good taste.
So I saw the video of this and was absolutely appalled. I don’t know if the hooking is true. I mean, if it wasn’t a hook why is the cat wet, shaking, and meowing like that? And to top it all off, the cat looks like mine named Dog. I can’t even imagine anyone doing this, but then again the Chinese eat monkey’s brains while the monkey is still alive. I just hope this isn’t real …
Grady Warren is a pretty cool guy. He makes fake causes and profits from it and doesn’t afraid of anything.
I called grady! I spoke with him and he a helluva an actor! mofo is committed to the cause, even if it is imaginary.
glad I didn’t buy a teeshirt tho’
He is actually a charter fishing Captain in N FL.
Actually pretty famous here.
It’s funny that the cat’s didn’t cry or scratch when the supposed hook got them? BOGUS PETA*People Eating Tasty Animals
Maybe we should try it on them someday. Let them know how it feel to be stabbed with a hook, dunked in the ocean, and ripped to shreads by sharks. The minds of these people are hitting rock bottom…. just like Wall st. banks.
Look: http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/popcorn1010/fake.png
You can’t tell much from the photo, but if you look at the clip this shot was taken from you can see the line across the back of the kitten. The kitty was on a harness :/
WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU BASTARDS DUMBASS YOU WILL ROT IN HELL.
This is the problem with the world today. Too many people have fraud business (stock market) and if any action is taken it’s a slap on the hand.
i would like to see those bastards on the hook as bait
WHAT HAVE THEY DONE!!!????
wtf why would you say chinese ppl eat monkey brains. have you actually ever seen someone do that. don’t be culturally insensitive just cuz you’re ignorant
I find it so funny how many people have posted comments here who didn’t bother to read this and still think it’s real even though this is a page dedicated to exposing it as a fraud.
In conclusion, boy you dumb as hell.
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@PJ – exactly what I was thinking!
Hilarious
I tried fishing with cats once… problem is they drank all the milk for my tea and their little paws couldn’t hold the rod properly. Bloody useless, I wouldn’t recommend it.
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I hope it’s a fake. The problem is there are enough sickos out there who might watch this and take the idea of using kittens for bait on board. If it is a fake then the person/people who made the film should be punished for encouraging animal cruelty.
do you know which type of cat to use or that are preferd by sharks? my neighbour has a fully grown black and white tom that would offer a large and tasty meal to most predatory animals.
it would also prevent it from shitting all over my garden.
Yes, this video is fake and the website is a scam. However, the practice of using dogs as bait has been documented as fact by the National Geographic Society , among others. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/10/1019_051019_dogs_sharks.html
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It’s amusing that people still think this is real. But even if it was real, the people should not get criminal charges. Yes it is a cruel inhumane thing to do to kittens, but then you have to say the same thing for all the fishes that are used as live bait. Just because our American society finds kittens so cute and innocent is not a reason to punish people.
I think its bogus to first as mention the cat looked druged when the hook touch the can. Then usually when people go out fishing they always know what kind of bait the want to bring. Its funny this idiot didnt know what kind of bait this guy was using. I think the next step is to have him prosecuted by authoritys. This guy looks like a bum..
He could get away with this by preparing electric tape on the cat. Then grabing the video and film him hooking the hook to the tape thats already on the cat.. The cats black so is the tape.. just a dam idiot.. Check out his sun tan hes maybe one that fishes all day not catching nothing and while looking around he sees more cats that fish so he decides to profit off inocent people.The more I put the puzzle together makes me want to kick his A..
Too many people raise money by torturing animals on film then asking the public to send them donations.
Long history of this at http://www.furcommission.com/news/newsC7.htm
It’s scandalous and immoral and should be stopped.
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Its fake but the scary thing is we do have mentally sick and cruel people in this world who just may start doing sicko things to pets. People either don’t think about consequences or need help themselves. These jerks will find a way to pocket the money through some loophole.I am so angry !
Hello, I understand your meaning for posting this, and of course it is quite possible! I’m not saying what your telling isn’t true, but to be so final about it and act as though this is fact is simply wrong! You may be convincing a lot of people not to care about this, and if this is indeed an issue, think of what sort of impact you are having on it!
I also don’t like the fact that you call PETA members “the lunatic peta cult” which is slightly offensive because I am part of PETA, though I could hardly say anything I have done in support of animal rights is lunatic. Not everyone who is part of that organization does crazy stunts so its a little presumptious of you to assume that. Besides, what harm is it if in the end its animal lives they are saving?
I won’t go on for a half-hour rant, but I just want to encourage you to remember that there is still possibility of truth. Even if this guy is a liar about this one instant, the truth is, that I have heard elsewhere that these issues are real. He could just be using them as a cover to get money, but the fact is stuff like this does happen. Don’t just assume it is all false. Thank you!
I don’t understand how anyone could look at this, and call bullshit. “Nope, not true, he’s just trying to make money!” “How come the cat doesn’t squeal when the hook goes through it?” “It’s a harness!” Our problem in this world is alot of people think with money, and and we have no trust in one another. Yes, maybe it is fake. But to me, there is more of a possibility that it’s not. Maybe this man IS trying to help out, and I don’t blame him for getting a little money for it if he is putting the time and effort to do something about it, we all need to live, and we all need money to live, but the cause is a greater ordeal. We as people are flat out ignorant to think that there isn’t a high possibility that it’s happening, and I almost want to say some people will call bullshit so they can justify there putting no action into it. Good people look at this and assume there is something wrong, and do what they can. I have no idea what a cat would do if I stuck a hook through it! How do you? Our world is really declining, 1) in the fact that this is a seriously messed up act if it is indeed happening, and 2) people who have NO IDEA that it ISN’T happening to turn a blind eye, and not only that but criticize people who might actually be doing something about it. Have you not seen the video with the dogs? tell me that’s fake. YOU PEOPLE DISGUST ME.
who cares if it is fake? that is a freaking AWESOME t-shirt
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Horrible what some people do to animals. Such “people” I would like to kill!
What BS!! And by the way, there is no global warming. You could probably catch some pretty good fish that way though.
after watching the video I admit it looks staged… but I wouldn’t doubt that some where people are using cats and dogs as bait…
Whether this guy is using this to profit from and to spread awareness is beyond me. maybe both
The last part of the video is disturbing looking for an attachment that kitten looks tired and worn out, and hooked.
the version of the kitten getting hooked looks staged but shows a point as well… and why would someone allow another person to video tape this.
so even though the video might be staged i would still support FREE groups that end animal cruelty, I would rather a lot of press be keeping people from doing this then nothing in the public and them getting away with this.
LOL. cat bait
Just to re-iterate what a previous poster has said – although this looks like a scam, live dogs *have* been used as bait: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/10/1019_051019_dogs_sharks.html
DOES ANYONE READ BEFORE WATCHING THE VIDEO?
Apparently not, because half of the comments here say something like:
motherf&%*#@! He should die! Let me put a hook through him! etc…etc…etc.
those fisher men are just so heartless, careless and stupid they can’t feel the pain that the kittens are feeling! fishermen do NOT HAVE ANY HEART THEIR HEART IS A BLACK HOLE!!!
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