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Friday Fun: Does This Count as Animal Cruelty?

BY Cliff KuangFri Aug 28, 2009 at 2:30 PM Ren Netherland documents the crazy hair-dos that poodle owners inflict upon their pets.


If you've got a dog, you've probably thought to dress him up in a costume. You've got nothing on these poodle owners, documented by photographer Ren Netherland. As the Telegraph reports, every year Netherland logs thousands of miles, documenting the insane transformations that occur in poodle-grooming competitions. Apparently, he's the only dog photographer entrusted with the task by the show organizers. The results have to be seen to be believed:
Wonder what this guy things about Ben Roethlisberger:



Peacocks do it all for the ladies:



Camels are miracles of natural selection, able to traverse long miles in the desert by storing water in their humps:



After being hunted nearly to extinction, buffalo have made a comeback:



Johnny Depp really should have won an Oscar for his Keith Richards--inspired performance as Captain Jack Sparrow, in Pirates of the Caribbean:




[Via The Telegraph and My Modern Met, which has more pictures]


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