These Concrete Dog Statues Drew Attention for a Tragic Pattern Many Were Overlooking

Ogilvy Barcelona highlights city's 1,400 abandoned pets

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When you see a dog tied to a lamppost, park bench or bicycle rack, you expect its owner to return soon and take the animal home.

It wouldn’t occur to most of us that such dogs might, in fact, simply have been abandoned.

But it happens all too often. For example, some 1,400 pets , including 760 dogs, were discarded on the streets of Barcelona last year. That’s a 13 percent increase from 2016.

To raise awareness of the issue and fetch new owners for some of the 200 critters awaiting adoption in city shelters, Ogilvy Barcelona placed 20 life-sized concrete dog statues around town on behalf of the City Council.

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