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Can anyone tell me the name of this so called 'Artist'?Or a rough area to find him in?
A Costa Rican artist found himself in hot water with the animal protection people in his home country after using a starving, sick street dog as part of an exposition in Managua, Nicaragua, in August. Guillermo “Habacuc” Vargas allegedly found the dog tied up on a street corner in a poor Nicaragua barrio and brought it to the showing. He tied the dog, according to furious animal lovers, in a corner of the salon where it died.
There is a petition to ban him from this eventhttp://www.petitiononline.com/13031953/petition.html
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Can anyone tell me the name of this so called 'Artist'?Or a rough area to find him in?
A Costa Rican artist found himself in hot water with the animal protection people in his home country after using a starving, sick street dog as part of an exposition in Managua, Nicaragua, in August. Guillermo “Habacuc” Vargas allegedly found the dog tied up on a street corner in a poor Nicaragua barrio and brought it to the showing. He tied the dog, according to furious animal lovers, in a corner of the salon where it died.
There is a petition to ban him from this eventhttp://www.petitiononline.com/13031953/petition.html
lol @ petitionsince when did they try and sort it out in such a diplomatic way.....only a mattor of time before he gets shanked
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UPDATEA Costa Rican artist found himself in hot water with the animal protection people in his home country after using a starving, sick street dog as part of an exposition in Managua, Nicaragua, in August. Guillermo “Habacuc” Vargas allegedly found the dog tied up on a street corner in a poor Nicaragua barrio and brought it to the showing. He tied the dog, according to furious animal lovers, in a corner of the salon where it died after a day. Habacuc’s exhibition included a legend spelled out in dog food reading “You are what you read,” photos and an incense burner that burned an ounce of marijauna and 175 “rock’ of crack cocaine. In the background, according to reports, the Sandista national anthem played backwards. According to the artist, his “art” was a tribute to Natividad Canda, a Nicaraguan burglar killed in Costa Rica by two rottweilers guarding property he had entered at night. The incident caused friction between the two countries. Habacuc told the daily La Nacion, “I won’t say the dog died. The importance to me is the hypocracy of the people where an animal is the focus of attention where people come to see art but not when it’s in the street starving to death.” “The same thing happened with poor Natividad Canda. The people sympathized with him only after he was dead,” the artist added. The artist apparently is unaware that at least three large, active organizations are dedicated in Costa Rica to the protection of animals and that several persons have been prosecuted for cruelty to animals They are hampered in their efforts by the old Hispanic customs of disregard for animal welfare and by a lack of funding This was reposted by Maria Danes, the British singer who did so many tribute songs including for Mercy, the burned pitbull and Tobey, the tortured 5 month old Chihuahua mix puppy.http://petloverstips.com/ForTheLoveoftheDo...as-art-petitionDOGSTARVEDINTHENAMEofART.jpghttp://www.petitiononline.com/13031953/petition.html

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