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Oakland Zoo to Auction Paintings by Its Animals
“Elephants, giraffes, lemurs, & even a cockroach at the Oakland Zoo have been exploring their creative sides to produce colorful paintings that will be auctioned for charity.
The painting sessions were conducted by zoo keepers who used only positive-reinforcement, including plenty of treats, as they worked with the animals…
Elephants were helped to hold paintbrushes in their trunks, & giraffes held them in their mouths, as they produced their artwork one stroke at a time. Goats, lemurs, & meerkats had their hooves, paws or claws dabbed with nontoxic, water-based paint & ran over a blank sheet of poster board while chasing a treat.
Andy, a Madagascar hissing cockroach, scurried around a canvas & the result was a piece in purple, green, & yellow tones.
Maggie, a Nigerian dwarf goat, had her hooves dipped in blue, green, & yellow paint & the keeper coaxed her with snacks to walk on a canvas…
Last year, Oakland Zoo auctioned off 12 paintings & raised nearly $10,000.”
The Associated Press
www.nbcnews.com
Sept. 10/2015
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