Acceptance Of Animal Art Infuriates Activist Group HSAAI
Filed under: Animal Intelligence, Animals For Animal Equality, Homo Sapiens Against Animal Intelligence, Human Intelligence
The 3rd International Art Prize Arte Laguna held in Mogliano Veneto, Italy has accepted paintings by the animal artist Cholla the horse. Cholla paints of his own volition on a portable canvas. His work is hailed as expressive, beautiful, and intelligent. Cholla’s passion for painting, and the subsequent acceptance of his paintings in the artistic community has sparked the old debate over whether art produced by animals is truly art, or simply novelty.
Jerry Bombadil, spokesman for HSAAI (Homo Sapiens Against Animal Intelligence), is angered by the recent acceptance of Cholla’s art into an international exhibit dominated by human art. Bombadil in a recent statement: “This is a very slippery slope. The more we encourage animals to act and behave like us, and worse yet, the more we accept this behavior, the more we blur the line between us and them. What’s next? A Chihuahua Mozart? We don’t want to empower animals anymore than we already have. At some point, they’re gonna get wise and try and take a bigger slice of the pie, and they’ll take it by force, mark my words.”
Bombadil’s ominous words and extreme stance on the issue come as no surprise, considering his organization’s history.
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rachete on
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