Sign the petition: So-called "artist" starves dog to death, as "art exhibit"

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http://www.petitiononline.com/13031953/petition.html
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/Starving-A-Dog-is-Wrong
http://kakii.com/?p=38
http://rateyourmusic.com/board_message/message_id_is_1189090

[Sugar Smack]

1. Done. These freaks absolutely enrage me.

Sick fucks.:nuke: People who take a trusting, helpless creature and abuse the animal should be punished swiftly & severely.

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2. Thanks

[Dangerously Amused]

3. Snopes offers some hope:

http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/vargas.asp


If it is true what Snopes suggests, that the dog was not mistreated but only advertised as so for the purpose and duration of the art event in order to call attention to the fact that those viewing the skinny dog "on display" decried his plight, yet so many of them would walk by the same dog on the streets without giving him a second thought... then I can appreciate what the artist was trying to accomplish.

If, as Snopes suggests, the dog "escaped" at the end of the art exhibit, it suggests to me that the artist's intent was not to make the dog suffer, but the "escape" was necessary to preserve the artist's credibility. Without that credibility the artist would never have received the widespread attention he did.

The artist may well have been doing a great service for homeless animals. I hope that turns out to be the case.

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5. The gallery is claiming the dog escaped, but I don't buy it.

How can a weak, starving dog escape from being tied up? I think the gallery is trying to cover their own ass. In any case, it's shameful and inhumane to keep the dog tied up and starved for even three seconds, let alone three hours. No matter what the outcome was, the actions of these people were despicable.

[Kajsa]

7. I wish I had never clicked that link!

That picture-----

Oh dear God, what is wrong with some people?

Words fail me right now- I did sign the petition.

Where the hell was the Humane Society ( or equivalent) in Costa Rica?

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[Inchworm]

4. Humans suck

I shouldnt have klik'd but dang...

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[stuntcat]

9. .

yah, what you said. I'm ashamed to be one lately :cry: I hope us signing petitions will make some difference.

[Inchworm]

10. prolly won't

It is like going to a funeral. We just sign the petitions for ourselves. :(

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[datasuspect]

6. and from costa rica too???? he mus be one a dem illegul messikins.

where's the bandwagon staging area?

[Kajsa]

8. Done!

This is too much, just- words fail me.