Do you think cruelty to animals is acceptable in art?...?

May I please draw your attention to this:

In 2007, an 'artist' called Guillermo Vargas Habacuc caught a stray dog on the street, tied it up on a short leash to the wall of an art gallery and left it there to die slowly of hunger and thirst. Over the next few days, the artist himself and visitors to the gallery watched impassively as this happened. Now the prestigious Central American Biennial of Art has decided that this was art and has asked Vargas Habacuc to repeat his actions in the Biennial of 2008. If you don't believe it, Google the artist's name... Please sign the petition:
http://www.petitiononline.com/13031953/

On the petition page, the four things it asks for are name, email, town and country. The rest is in English, I think.

I hope we can help because this really is horrific.

Sorry to say Rango, it's not an urban myth. If you google the 'artist's' name, you will see the truth.
Please be warned, it's truly horrific.

Many thanks to all who signed. Everyone needs to be aware of this, so that we may voice our horror and disgust (and help prevent it happening again).

i cannot believe this actually happened, it just seems horrible beyind belief.
Please say it is an urban myth because i dont want to believe this one.

Cruelty to animals is NEVER acceptable, not in any form, even for research, there are alternatives.

No. I think that's sick.

WTF? How is that art? Art is susposed to be beautiful! There is no beauty in something like that. OMG! That is so sad...

That's the worst thing I've ever heard. That seriously like makes me want to cry. Animal cruelty is never acceptable. I want to tie that guy up somewhere and let him die. Why are people so cold and heartless? Why do people think it's ok to treat animals badly because they can't talk to us and tell us what they feel? That's so mean.

It was animal abuse then and it's animal abuse now.

Anyone who ties an animal to a wall and lets it die from lack of water and food is an animal abuser even if they claim it's for "art". And anyone who saw the exhibit and didn't do anything is an accomplice to animal abuse.

it take an animal to think like an animal so to see what is an animal

I signed it. That is awful! His reasoning for doing it is totally stupid.

NO! This is not art. If it is art, then we can justify any act by calling it art.

I think it is horrible, sick, disgusting, and ridiculous i think that if people do that they are horrible.