Animal saved today

Animal saved today images and stories will be exhibited in the art show Animal-Human Relationship with Katharina Rot, Hartmut Kiewert and me, accompanying a series of on-topic talks.

Be invited to come see them in Berlin at the TU Berlin from 11.1. until 29.1.2016 C: More info here: bit.ly/1OiPmet

Bilder und Geschichten aus Animal saved today werden in der Ausstellung Mensch-Tier-Beziehung mit Katharina Ro, Hartmut Kiewert und mir gezeigt, begletend zu einer zum Thema passenden Vortragsreihe.

Thank you to all friends and supporters of the project! It has been a most interesting experiment for me. Maybe I will start it up again some day, that depends on future feedback.

If you have a thought on the project, just send me a message: [email protected]

Thanks!

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Danke an alle Freunde und Unterstützer des Projekts! Es war ein höchst interessantes Experiment für mich. Vielleicht werde ich es eines Tages wieder aufnehmen, das kommt auf das zukünftige Feedback an.

Falls du Gedanken zum Projekt hast, schick mir einfach eine Nachricht: [email protected]

#160

This is Richard. He has found a new toy recently, and he is exceedingly fond of it. He just found out that it can even bounce very nicely and with a funny sound. This is definitely his to keep, and the others will have to ask very, very politely if they want to borrow it. He is happy not to have any chance of even starting a life stolen from him, being gased to death on his very first day out of the egg.

#143 - Aurelie

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#159

This is Steven. His sister Aurelie can be a pain. One minute they are playing, the next she takes her claws out and wants to see who is stronger for real. Steven is annoyed the are squabbling that often, because honestly – she could just accept that he's king, problem solved. He is happy not o live an ever.hungry, illness-prone life as a city stray, not able to sustain himself, but too afraid of humans to live with them in a home.

#158

This is Sindbad. Great, he has found a new tree that even tastes good. There are still some green leaves left, so he'll climb up to pick the best of them. He likes climbing trees. Always makes him feel like sitting on top of the world, good for his self-esteem. He is happy not to live each and every day tied to a short leash on a pole in the ground, never free to move.

#157

This is Sieglinde. She is actually a pretty strong and fierce person and not afraid of a lot of things. But she had had such a disturbing dream that she has been jumpy all day, reacting to small sounds and wishing she had not strayed away so far from her family today. She is happy not to be fed by hunters throughout the year, only to have them kill her for sport later, pretending the wild boar population was getting far too big by itself.

#156

This is Jessica. No, someone stole her resting place! She has been in a foul mood all day, and on coming home, she at least wanted to have the exact  cosy place again she had when she started off. Now, she is absolutely angry. Get away, intruder, or you'll get bitten! She is happy not to be searching for weeks and never finding a save and suitable home for her family, new houses and highways and fields everywhere.

#155

This is Käthe. She has made it her custom to watch out for things that come from the surface. Since it's all blurry and moving seen from below, this isn't an easy task at all. But she is keen and a bit perfectionistic and has gotten really good at it, thus becoming an invaluable help for her shoal. She is happy not to be confined to a small aquarium, every inch of her life in control of others.

#154

This is Nicholas. He is curious and always has an appetite, so he pokes his paws and nose into everything that looks remotely interesting. Even long abandoned mouseholes like this. He never gives up hope there might be something worthwhile to find. He is happy not to spend a life of fear, pain and boredom in a tiny wire box in a fur farm, awaiting to be clubbed to death.

123 - Timothy

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144 - Harriet

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149 - Stuart

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#153

This is Miranda. Everyone is a bit excited today. She neither cares nor wants to join, as she is terribly tired today. It was full moon and she couldn't sleep. She'll just try to get through the day somehow and sleep like a log tonight. She is happy not to be slaughtered and eaten when someone decides he doesn't want to keep her as a leisure horse any more.

#152

This is Elvis. Finally his ankle doesn't hurt anymore, and finally he can run again, what joy! Especially in this area, where you have to be fast enough for the clouds of dust not to catch up with you. Run, run, to greener places. He is happy not to be a captive and an object, a producer of eggs, meat and curious entertainment, instead of an individual of free will.

#151

This is Sonja. She is looking for the last of the berries. Some other animals ate most of those that fell to the ground, but she can smell there are still some ripe ones on the shrub. She just has to find them. And hope the twig takes her weight. She is happy not to unwillingly be part of a war humans against slugs, even books being written on how to most effectively kill her and her kin.

#150

This is Valentin. Each year in autmn, he gets annoyed with the world. Why does it have to become winter? It's cold on your feet and on your neck and it starts to hurt and it's even worse in the water. He doesn't like it at all and would like to give the idiot inventor of winter a good pecking. He is at least happy not to have all the water plants taste of soap and chamicals.

#149

This is Stuart. He is curious and happy and friendly with everyone, but not at all attentive when something catches his interest. Like when he bounces around imitating a butterfly, tripping over his own feet and bumping into distant relatives. He doesn't care, he lives in the moment. He is happy not to grow up living in a small box, other captives in other boxes left and right, and only occasionally being allowed outside.

#148

This is Heinrich. He has been wandering around forever, in search of some left-over grain. And there – finally! - is a whole bunch of them, just waiting for him. Quick now, before someone else gets there first. He is happy not to be a prisoner of a laboratoy cage, never any change of surroundings, not even wind, waiting for the day of his terminal experiment.