A giant knitted pink rabbit, which for the sake of this blog I shall call public art, can be spotted from space via Google Earth. Hmm, I wonder what our extra terrestrial buddies will think of us now? The knitted bunny was created by the Viennese art collective Gelatin in Italy’s Piedmont region. The pink rabbit was created for people to climb, sleep or walk on. Far too many people with far too much time on their hands, me thinks!

Stop looking, the bronze hog which went missing at the beginning of October from the Gardens at Razorback Road (University of Arkansas) has been found. Two people feared the worst when they came across “a big lump wrapped in plastic” near the Randal Tyson Track Center. They immediately rang police who on arriving slowly removed the plastic to discover the hog underneath. From all reports the porker is back safe and sound on campus. Police suspect the incident was a prank!

The widow of Brian Clough is set to unveil the bronze statue of the former Nottingham Forest and Derby County boss on the 6th of November at Old Market Square, Nottingham. £60,000 was raised for Sculptor, Les Johnson, to immortalize Clough. The 8ft (2.4m) bronze which depicts the football manager with his hands clenched above his head is expected to draw fans from far a field. Clough will best be remembered for his team’s win at the League Championship at Derby County and at Forest, and then for winning two European Cups with the Nottingham club. Clough died in 2004 from stomach cancer.

Famous Indian cricketer Rahul Dravid has had his landmark 10,000 Test runs honored in the most innovative way, a 10,000 brick wall. The wall, which was built by the Bangalore-based realtor group,  features a flat metal cutout of Dravid doing his famous cover drive. Sachin Tendulkar unveiled the Dravid Wall at the Chinnaswamy stadium and remarked `It is a great credit to his family. More than a great cricketer and a great batsman, Rahul is a perfect gentleman on and off the field. The Wall will inspire every budding cricketer to emulate Rahul and his batting skills,`Adding that special touch to Dravid’s Memorial Wall is a small electronic scoreboard which displays his current score with the bat. It is currently at 10,246 but that is about to change as India and Australia do battle in the coming months Cricket Test.

The bronze statue depicting racing car driver Peter Brock standing on top his 1984 Holden VK Commodore with the James Hardie Trophy held high above his head is soon to be unveiled at the National Motor Racing Museum. Brock who died in a freak accident in Perth, Western Australia,in 2006, was one of Bathurst’s biggest drawcards winning nine Bathurst titles. Following his death the Bathurst 1000 trophy was renamed “Peter Brock Trophy” in his honor. Oh and for all of you non rev heads Bathurst 1000 is a  1,000-kilometre (620 mi) touring car race held annually at Mount Panorama Circuit in Victoria, Australia.

The statue of ANC activist Gert Sibande in central Bethal (South Africa) has had a paint job done on it (but not in a good way).Nope, vandals went and painted him white. Mission accomplished,they got the reaction they were looking for. Mpumalanga premier Thabang Makwetla angrily declared “I wish to condemn in the strongest possible terms the vandalisation and defacing of the newly erected statue. These are acts of remnants of racism [and] white supremacy who must be isolated and defeated,”.Sibande was an African National Congress activist and a leader of the farm labourers who initiated the potato boycott 1958.

Hmm, if you are going to damage a statue in a sacred temple make sure no elephant is watching, alright! Ten people alleged to be involved in the the vandalism of the temple of elephant-headed god Ganesha situated in Mahudi hills of Hazaribagh, India, got a nasty surprise when an elephant rampaged their homes. It seems the elephant picked up the scent of these culprits who vandalized the temple and statue on the 16th of August and decided to dish out some justice of its own. Gosh, here is hoping the elephant was right, because all ten people were arrested by the police. Elephants obviously carry a  lot of weight in India. Can’t wait for the trial, I wonder if the elephant will take the stand?

A life size bronze statue of a teenager carrying an American flag has been stolen from McIntyre Company in Covina. This is the second time the statue has been nicked, the first time it was retrieved from a local scrap metal business. Police believe the culprits are intending to cash it in for scrap metal again. They used a chain attached to a vehicle to remove the life sized statue (they were keen!).