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Save Toby
Save Toby was a humor website. The premise of the site was that the website's anonymous webmasters would eat Toby, a pet rabbit, unless they received $50,000 in donations to care for it. The website also spawned a book, fully titled: ''Save Toby: Only YOU have the power to save Toby!''
== SaveToby.com ==
The website was created near the beginning of 2005.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Save Toby )〕 The website claimed that the owner found Toby wounded outside his home, and nursed the rabbit back to health, not believing it would survive. However, it did, and he was unable to afford to care for him. The website then claimed that, unless he received $50,000 in US dollars to pay for its care, he would eat the rabbit.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Give me $50k or the rabbit dies )〕 The money could be either donated directly, or through purchasing "Save Toby" merchandise. The website includes several pictures of Toby, as well as many recipes that can be used to prepare and cook rabbit. The webmasters have remained anonymous, claiming they have received death threats.〔 They go by the names "James" and "Brian"; however, "James" admits his name is a pseudonym.〔
The original deadline for receiving the money was June 30, 2005. When the deadline passed, they extended it to November 6, 2006, claiming that problems with Paypal made it impossible for people to donate money and that it was the only fair thing to do for Toby〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Save Toby website update page )〕 It was later changed to Thanksgiving Day, 2006, because of the release of the book. In December 2006, the site announced that humor/games website (bored.com ) had purchased the website, and therefore Toby had been saved.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=SaveToby.com -- the Final Chapter )〕 It is claimed that over $24,000 was collected by the website〔
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