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!

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Two men (not kids!) have been arrested over the deliberate damage of two fiberglass goat statues in Hendersonville. The goats were part of the downtown art collection called “Kidding Around Downtown,” . The two goats injured were Groovy goat (who had his head knocked right off) and Mountain Goat (who lost an ear). They are yet to locate the ear. This isn’t Mountain Goat’s first time in the news, he was nicked along with “Connie-Mara” in July by two kids  who were later charged. Prior to the goats, the town had a five year run with decorative fiberglass bears. The decorative goats  eventually get auctioned off for charity, which makes this so sad because who wants a goat with no head or ear?

Name and shame them right here. The culprits for the latest attack on the fiberglass goats are Daniel Joseph Markel, 27, of Flat Rock, and Craig Owen Hensley, 29, of Hendersonville.They have both been charged with damage to personal property. One for the Billy goats gruff!

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Well, one Cannonball that is! Yes, a teenager messing around the Confederate Soldier statue in Bentonville Square, Arkansas, accidentally knocked off one of the cannonballs. But the guilt ridden kid rang police and waited for them to arrived to confess his sins (bless). This statue seems to becoming a bit of a worry for the city’s Parks Department, it seems the statue is notorious for losing it’s balls.The cannonballs have been knocked off before and in February 2007 one was stolen. Ewh and lets not forget last week the statue got foamed (i.e.soap suds in the fountain trick!).

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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!).

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The 300lb memorial statue to Shana Kay, who died from contracting viral encephalitis (inflammation of the brain), has been stolen outside a Long Island Library.The bronze statue depicting a girl reading a book on a bench is believed to have been stolen for scrap metal (what a surprise!). The thieves had ripped it from its cement and bolt moorings. Jane Kay’s mom said it’s “a sad commentary on humanity.”

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The feet are all that remains of the 350lb Will Rogers statue. Yes, and it looks as though it was a handsaw job. The public art thieves cut the wooden Will Rogers sculpture from the ankles, leaving just stumps. Located near the Will Rogers school where Rogers frequented, the statue has become a much loved icon for the children. The principal of the school remarked “I don’t think the person who took it realizes how much it bothers the children. They’re just really sad and it makes them angry that someone would do that.” The sculpture was created by Don Bishop in 2003 after he saw Stillwater Park and Recreation employees about to cut down a dead tree. He offered to carve the trunk and the rest was history. A few year back someone tried hacking off Will Roger’s head but were hindered due to bolts Bishop had placed through it. If the sculpture isn’t found Bishop has promised to carve a new one, that is, when he finds a 8ft tall chunk of tree.

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Williams Hardwood Flooring company are offering a $500 for the “two white males” caught on security cameras breaking the arm off their wooden sculpture of a carpenter. Watch out boys, they are none too pleased. A spokesman for the Akron, Ohio company stated “The reward is not for the arm, it’s just for the guy who did it. And it’s wrong and we’re looking to spend the money to find out who did it, not to get the arm back.” Stay tuned

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Bless those surveillance cameras. Two men and a woman were seen on tape kicking the hell out of a fiberglass horse outside the Roohan Realty building, in Saratoga Springs. In between taking breaks on a park bench, the three vandals took about 20 minutes to break the horse’s two rear legs. They were last seen taking off with one leg under their arm, presumingly as a souvenir. Oh dear, and this seems to be the third attempt at vandalizing that particular horse. In fact that is the reason why the camera was installed in the first place. Sadly the horse now has a severe rear tilt and has been taped off. What’s with so many fiberglass in this city ? It seems in 2002, four other fiberglass horses were damaged, with one ending up in the Schoharie Creek. Maybe the council should consider getting the nags bronzed !

Outcome : So far no luck finding the kicking culprits. But good news about the past damaged Horse statues. Three arrests = community service + jail time.

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Tut, tut, tut, Finnish tourist, you should have known better than damaging a heritage listed piece of public art. Marko Kulju, 26, is looking at a hefty prison sentence, after he was seen tearing off the earlobe off a Moai statue on Easter Island this week.

The island has 400 of these huge stone statues which gaze out over the south Pacific.

Unfortunately for Marko, a local was able to identify him as he took off with a chunk of earlobe, by the tattoo’s on his body (fool).

The 13ft Moai was carved from volcanic rock between 400-1000 years ago as a sign of respect for deceased ancestors. I am guessing the authorities are going to come down on Marko like a ton of bricks and so they should, the Moais were nominated to be one of the new seven wonders of the world.

Outcome : Marko escaped a prison sentence and has been fined $17,000 USD by authorities in Chile, and been told not to come anywhere near Chile for the next three years. Beats 7 years in jail I guess.

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