Dog owners 'fleeced' in poodle scam

As the say there is a 'sucker' born every day. Thousands of people have been 'fleeced' into buying neatly coiffured lambs they thought were poodles.

Entire flocks of lambs were shipped over from the UK and Australia to Japan by an internet company and marketed as the latest 'must have' accessory.

But the scam was only spotted after a leading Japanese actress said her 'poodle' didn't bark and refused to eat dog food.

Note: turns out this story is a hoax afterall. See linked story.