• RE: Sculpture stolen from downtown Coeur d'Alene/Alison Boggs, SR

Alas, another bird snatched. Last weekend, the Coeur d'Alene Press reported that thieves absconded with a heron sculpture in Coeur d'Alene. The pillage comes just weeks after "Omay," a Pelican sculpture disappeared from Novato, Calif. Both statues are made of bronze, which is a mixture of copper and other metals. Are area sculptures really being stolen for scrap? It's been hinted at by Coeur d'Alene artist David Clemons, creator of "Omay," pictured above. "It seems obvious that this act was not about stealing art but about stealing materials that can be melted down and sold," Clemons writes. "The perpetrators chose to cut the feet off of the statue with a tool that would complete the theft of the bulk of the bronze quickly rather than steal the art entirely intact"/Joe OSullivan, Inlander. More here.

Question: Doesn't it sicken you as much as it does me that someone would destroy art simply for the material that it's made of? Jerks.