Three piglets stolen from art exhibit where they were meant to starve to death
The three little pigs were rescued from the big bad wolf.Three piglets that were left to starve to death as part of a shocking art exhibit in Denmark have been stolen and saved from their horrific fate thanks to a 10-year-old girl begging her father to come to their rescue.Artist Marco Evaristti opened the “And Now Your Care?” exhibit on Sunday in Copenhagen to “wake up the Danish society” to the cruel treatment of factory-farmed pigs in the nation that is one of the world’s largest pork exporters.To make his point, the native Chilean constructed a cage of hay and shopping carts, trapping a trio of adorable piglets inside with the express purpose of allowing them to starve to death. But the tiny pigs have been given a second chance at life after the artist’s friend, Caspar Steffensen’s conscience prevailed over the unsavory demonstration.Steffensen said his 10-year-old daughter begged him to “make sure the piggies won’t die.”So the big-hearted dad teamed up with the animal rights group De Glemte Danske to steal the animals even if it meant betraying his friend.
“When I was approached by an activist to help free the animals, I let them into the gallery secretively on Saturday,” Steffensen admitted to the Associated Press.The pigs, named Simon, Lucia, and Benjamin, were then absconded from their makeshift torture chamber and taken to a safe location by De Glemte Danske.“On Saturday morning, we were contacted by one of Evarsitti’s colleagues, who informed us the pigs could be picked up before 11 o’clock on the same day,” the statement from the activist group posted Tuesday read.The group said they ensured that no property was stolen and no further crimes were committed during the act — going so far as to record the swine swindling and proactively call Copenhagen police. Steffensen added that he was not planning on telling his friend about his involvement of the purloined piglets, but was forced to after De Glemte Danske made a state...