Do go read for yourselves, but his art is now defaced or stolen within hours. . . due to its collectible value -- which also rings true, as an ironic counterpoint to the ideal. . . of letting the "wild" -- stay wild. Here's the CNN version:
. . .A mural by elusive street artist Banksy showed a gorilla holding up the entrance gate as birds took flight and a sea lion waddled away. Three sets of eyes peered out from the darkness inside.
The painting may explain why Bansky-created creatures — from a mountain goat perched on a building buttress to piranhas circling a police guard post to a rhinoceros mounting a car — have been showing up in the most unlikely places around London for nine straight days. . . .
The rhino that appeared Monday was tagged with graffiti. A wolf silhouette on a roof-mounted satellite dish — appearing to howl at the moon — was stolen hours after word got out about the artwork last week.
A big cat, stretching out on the back of a dilapidated billboard, was removed within hours by three men who said they had been hired to take it down for safety reasons. . . .
We all well-know. . . these majestic creatures. . . should never have been caged. We know it. Out.
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