TATTOOING LIVE ANIMALS
It is said that art is an expression of one’s soul. Now, what does it say about someone if they choose live animals as a canvas? I want to leave this open for your judgment and feelings, as everyone knows my stance on this anyways.
Appropriate outrage and horror were expressed when Elena Ivanickaya mistreated and abused “her” Sphynx cat by getting the cat’s chest tattooed. (photo 1)
This is not an isolated case. These are common cruel and oppressive acts without tangible and just consequences reflecting the continuing status of animals in our society: possessions, objects, and accessories.
The same already publicly happened in 1977 when Andy Feehan tattooed a baby pig’s back with wings to as stated "I extract them permanently from the pig factory. I wanted them to be art." Feehan continues "I believe the manner in which I had the pig tattooed was as humane and painless as possible … My intention was, in addition to making them art, was to save their lives.” He then continued with naked dogs. (photo 2)
What hypocrisy!
In the 1990s Wim Delvoye would follow. He established an “art farm” in Beijing, where pigs were raised exclusively to be tattooed with his artwork. The pigs were skinned or stuffed and sold for more than 70,000 USD. (photo 3)
Fish are artificially colored to appeal to consumers by injecting the individual repeatedly with color via a hypodermic syringe to achieve the desired patterns tattooed onto the body. This often ends deadly. (photo 4)
The abuse of inflicting pain out of pure amusement, entertainment, and attention is always ‘justified’ by stating “they lead a better life than so many others,” “humane treatment” and that “they did not get harmed by the experience, because they were sedated with anesthetics.”
Sound highly familiar? Aren’t these the same excuses used for breeding and killing animals for consumption?
Does it change anything for the individuals themselves? Or does it simply calm our guilt of an ethical imbalance and double standard?
The lives of other animals do not belong to us. It’s not art, it’s violence!
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