The World Society for the Protection of Animals has continued to press for action following last year’s art exhibition by Guillermo Vargas, which featured a dog chained to a wall with no food or water.
Elly Hiby, WSPA’s head of companion animals, said: “Information regarding the treatment and fate of the dog used in the 2007 exhibition is inconsistent, but for WSPA – irrespective of the exact outcome – chaining a dog without food or water for public entertainment is a reprehensible abuse.”