Name:Rivali Dass
Age:16 :)
Birthday: 5th Oct '92
Class:1D '05, 2e '06 <33,3e '07, 4e '08
School: MGS
I <3: Family, My dogs, 2e, 4e, MORONS, painting, designing, writing weird stories, being generally weird, unsettling people...
I was surfing the net, and came across this piece of news about this total JERK, called Guillermo 'Habacuc' Vargas.
'The Costa Rican has been called an animal abuser, killer and worse over claims that a stray dog called Natividad died of starvation after he displayed it at an exhibition last year at the Códice Gallery in Managua, Nicaragua. Vargas tethered the animal to a short leash without food and water under the words 'Eres Lo Que Lees' - 'You Are What You Read' - made out of dog biscuits while he played the Sandinista anthem backwards and set 175 pieces of crack cocaine alight in a massive incense burner. More than a million people have signed an online petition urging organisers of this year's event to stop Vargas taking part. '
He 'paid local children to catch a dog on the street and then confined, starved and publicly displayed the dog as an "art" exhibit until the innocent animal died of starvation.'
If authorites had acted, and condemned his actions, I think some of the damage would have been made up for. Instead, he was elected to represent Costa Rica in "Bienal Centroamericana Honduras 2008,” an event showcasing the works of various artists.
And his reply to the public outcry?"I knew the dog died on the following day from lack of food. During the inauguration, I knew that the dog was persecuted in the evening between the houses of aluminum and cardboard in a district of Managua. 5 children who helped to capture the dog received 10 bonds of córdobas for their assistance. During the exhibition some people requested the freedom of the small dog, which the artist refused. The name of the dog was Natividad, and I let him die of hunger in the sight of everyone, as if the death of a poor dog was a shameless media show in which nobody does anything but to applaud or to watch disturbed. In the place that the dog was exposed remain a metal cable and a cord. The dog was extremely ill and did not want to eat, so in natural surroundings it would have died anyway; thus they are all poor dogs: sooner or later they die or are killed."
This is really sickening. If there's one thing I can't stand, its animal abuse. My logic is, atleast human beings can understand what's going on when they're being mistreated. But animals don't. That dog was definitely confused, frightened, and this must have been made worse by his situation.
Guillermo Vargas argued that the dog would have died anyway. Well, if you can pick a starving animal off the streets, tie it to a leash and watch it starve to death, you can surely give it a meal. My aunt in Calcutta feeds all the cats in her neighbourhood, as well as any stray dog that might be around. It's nothing THAT hard to do. I don't want to post any pictures of the incident, but if you look around, you'll find them, just like I did. They'll make you cry. Please sign the petition. I know its in Spanish, but I translated it under the Google translator, and its the real deal. Please.
YShe laughed. And laughed. And laughed yet again.;;
