Comments by "Morgan Olfursson" (@morganolfursson2560) on "Business Insider"
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This is because of stupid videos like this that earlier this year in Omiya Japan 7 Bonsai have been stolen from a store and the owners who are old friends are devastated and have lost all purpose to even live . One of the trees was in the owner's family for 19 generations and was still alive and well in spite of its nearly 450 years of age. It has been taken care by the same family and each generation made sure to carry on the work of the previous one and make sure to raise the next generation with the knowledge of how to take care of this tree and the others.
The thieves went for the oldest and the most expensive because of stupid videos like this . But for my friend , it is like if his grand father had been abducted and not even a ransom is asked . He is the one offering money to get him back, but what scares him and hurts him the most is that the thieves have no idea how to take care of the tree and stole it only to sell it , and that this tree will probably die. All that my friend is asking is that the tree is properly taken care of .
Though i do not live in Japan anymore, friends of mine and myself have hired 27 people in Japan to find this tree (because the Japanese police couldn't care less (as usual) about looking for a tree or an animal and won't move a finger, unless of course a foreigner is involved in which case they drop everything to catch the Gaijin, but that's off topic) , but one thing is certain, if we find the thieves and then the tree and this tree is damaged or dead , so will they be. The 27 people we hired are not the most friendly ones and they have connections all over the country , so those thieves will be eventually found and then it is in their best interest that the trees are still alive and well.
Meanwhile , stop posting bullshit videos like these. Bonsai are like animals , they are living things, it is not about the price tag. This is videos like this that make people go and steal people's Bonsai or Pets to sell them on the black market.
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