| Monumento al perro callejero | |
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 The sculpture in 2008 | |
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| Artist | Girasol Botello (sculptor) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Medium | Bronze |
| Subject | Free-ranging dog |
| Dimensions | 1.3 m (4.3 ft) |
| Weight | Around 85 kilograms (187 lb) |
| Location | Mexico City, Mexico |
| 19°17′27.8″N 99°10′26″W / 19.291056°N 99.17389°W | |
The Monumento al perro callejero (lit. transl. "Monument to the Stray Dog"), also known as Peluso, is an outdoor bronze sculpture installed along Insurgentes Sur Avenue, in the southern borough of Tlalpan, in Mexico City. The statue was unveiled in July 2008 and was dedicated to the free-ranging dogs of the city.
It was sculpted by Girasol Botello[a] and its model was Peluso, a former stray dog that was adopted by Patricia España, founder of Milagros Caninos, a non-governmental dog shelter. The shelter collected money and paid for the sculpture in order to raise awareness about the large population of free-ranging dogs in the city. Since its establishment, the monument has been neglected, vandalized and defaced.
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