In Australia stole 120-килограммового bronze giraffe
ARTinvestment.RU   02 марта 2015

Sunday night in Brisbane stole a huge sculpture of a giraffe standing at the entrance to the veterinary clinic

Under the cover of night this Sunday, the population of giraffes in the County of Wilson Australian city of Brisbane has halved: was stolen one of the two bronze sculptures of elephants decorating the entrance to the community centre for veterinary surgery. A victim of crooks have become the 120-pound "Henrietta". Her partner, giraffe, "George", left on maste@

According to the owner of the veterinary center Meredith brothers (Meredith Brothers), for "Henrietta" was hunting for some time. The first attempt of abduction happened two weeks ago, but took her for bullying: the middle of the night, the sculpture was discovered upside down. However, last Sunday thieves came more prepared: armed with wire cutters, they cut off the bolts and took the "Henrietta" in unknown napravlenii@

"It is not easy to steal, I don't understand why someone has to do it," puzzled the doctor brothers. Sculpture of two giraffes she bought three years ago from an art dealer in San Francisco. After transportation in Brisbane they were installed near her clinic. For the return of "Henrietta" was promised a reward in the amount of $ 500. To install a new sculpture will cost thousands of dollars, however, "Henrietta", according to Dr. brothers, for local clinics "irreplaceable": "She pulled the neck, and we set it up so that she looked down into the main entrance kliniki@

Sources: brisbanetimes.com.au, artinvestment.ru



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