{"id":777735,"date":"2025-03-05T08:23:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T13:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=777735"},"modified":"2025-03-05T09:52:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T14:52:24","slug":"piglets-left-to-starve-as-part-of-a-controversial-art-exhibition-have-been-liberated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=777735","title":{"rendered":"‘And Now You Care’: Piglets left to starve as part of a controversial art exhibition have been rescued"},"content":{"rendered":"\t
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The 'And Now You Care' art exhibition included a makeshift cage created with shopping carts containing three piglets. The piglets were being denied food and water and would have been allowed to starve to death. The artist Marco Evaristti said the intention of the art installation was to raise awareness of the suffering caused by mass meat production. But in an unexpected twist Evaristti has revealed that the piglets (Lucia, Simon and Benjamin) were taken by animal rights activists who were assisted by his friend. 'I got a lot of hate messages from around the world ; I think people don\u2019t get that my art is about animals rights,' Evaristti said. However, several animal rights groups expressed concern saying that, while they welcomed initiatives to raise awareness, they did not condone the abuse of animals.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n

ASSOCIATED PRESS:<\/strong> Three piglets which were being allowed to starve as part of a controversial art exhibition in Denmark that had drawn international attention have been stolen, the artist said on Wednesday.<\/em><\/p>\n

Chilean-born Marco Evaristti said he had been aiming to raise awareness of the suffering caused by mass meat production with his art installation that opened last week in Copenhagen. The piglets were being denied food and water and would have been allowed to starve to death…<\/em><\/p>\n

Evaristti’s \u201cAnd Now You Care\u201d exhibition involved a makeshift cage created with shopping carts containing the three piglets. He said the intention of the art installation was to raise awareness about the cruelties of modern pig production in Denmark…<\/em><\/p>\n

But in an unexpected twist Evaristti has revealed that the piglets \u2014 dubbed Lucia, Simon and Benjamin \u2014 were taken by animal rights activists who were assisted by his friend, Caspar Steffensen.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI called up police on Saturday to report the piglets stolen and I had to shut down the entire exhibition because of that \u2014 so I was very disappointed when Caspar told me on Tuesday that he was involved in the theft,\u201d said Evaristti, who claimed to have received hate mail.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cBut then I thought about it for a few hours and realized that at least this way the piglets would have a happy life,” he added…<\/em><\/p>\n

However, several animal rights groups expressed concern about Evaristti’s exhibition, saying that while they welcomed initiatives to raise awareness they did not condone the abuse of animals.<\/em><\/p>\n

Steffensen said he could not allow the three animals to face a painful death after his 10-year-old daughter had begged him to \u201cmake sure the piggies won’t die.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cSo when I was approached by an activist to help free the animals, I let them into the gallery secretively on Saturday,\u201d Steffensen told the AP.<\/em><\/p>\n

He said he wasn\u2019t initially planning to tell Evaristti about the removal of the pigs, but when the animal advocate group De Glemte Danske posted a statement online Tuesday saying it had rescued the piglets, the secret operation became public.<\/em><\/p>\n

Evaristti says he is already developing ways to revive the exhibition. One idea is to steal dead piglets from meat processing plants and present them to the public. He also wants to buy another three piglets \u2014 not to starve, but to auction to the highest bidder promising them a happy life.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI got a lot of hate messages from around the world \u2014 I think people don\u2019t get that my art is about animals rights,\u201d Evaristti said. <\/em>SOURCE…<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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