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There are probably few sites in this history of the Internet that have spawned more hatred and condemnation than the Bonsai Kittens website.

This widely circulated image depicts a protester in the troubled city of Ferguson holding up a sign that reads ‘No mother should have to fear for her son’s life every time he robs a store’.

The link to this petition recirculates periodically, most often accompanied by the photo of a dog with large hooks impaled through its snout.

A photograph circulating via social media that appears to show a puppy being forced to drink vodka from a bottle by a heavily tattooed young man, asks people to try to identify the man so that he can be reported for animal cruelty.

Circulating protest message decries the “disgusting and un-patriotic” decision of a UK school to ban the wearing of Help for Heroes armbands by pupils after Easter, 2012.

Circulating message protesting the cruel treatment of circus elephants features as evidence a photograph of a baby elephant beside its mother.

Message circulating on Facebook claims that live tortoises sealed in bags of herbal solution are being sold as souvenirs in China.

Circulating message that features a photograph depicting pigs confined to very small cages claims that the photograph was taken on an American factory farm and that the pigs are kept in the tight cages so that they will fatten up more quickly because their movement is restricted.

Circulating message that contains a photograph of a police officer spraying mace at a young girl asks recipients to repost the information in the hope that the officer can be identified and dealt with.

Circulating social media message includes a graphic and disturbing image of a German Shepherd with its face partially blown off after youths placed a firecracker in its mouth. The message asks users to share if they are against the mistreatment of animals.