dying dog as art

[smartiejake]

My dd found out about this story today and is outraged. Does anyone know if it is true?
Some kids were paid to catch a stray dog. Poor dog was then tied up in an art gallery. It was then starved to death as people looked on over a period of a week. All in the name of Art. Barbaric .Makes my heart bleed.

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I think this was all debunked as a hoax last week.

I was going to say what Maureen said, was just looking for the original thread, but can't find it.

Crossness, are you MaureenMLove, or a new / different Maureen?

Does anyone know the original thread? My dd is all ready to go into school with a petition for everyone to sign! She is convinced it is real but I don't want her to be made to look a fool (she has enough problems with bullies as it is!)

I got this as a petition email. Must say am not surprised that it was debunked as a hoax...I just deleted it. Annoys me that people make up these things and get people so worried.

i fell for it .

So it's definitely a hoax?

This has to be a hoax. No art establishment would allow a dog to starve to death. Would it even be legal?

I wonder if the hoax was a piece of mischeif or an attempt to demonstrate how easy it is to get people all frothing with righteouness without engaging their brains.

Snopes status is undetermined

Just looked into this further. Apparently the dog was fed and watered then released back onto the streets. It was a stunt to show the hippocracy of people who take notice of a stray starving dog in an art gallery but ignore them on the streets. Still rather a sick idea though. Shame they let the dog back on the streets though...

Oh, so this was supposed to have happened in Honduras? I cannot then comment on the legality as I have no idea.