What Munich Cats Look Like

**kimlovescats** · 12-26-2005, 10:21 PM

Those are gorgeous statues.... what's the story behind them?

**koxka** · 12-27-2005, 03:09 AM

Yes, Barbara tell us about the story behind them.

I had to laught at that one though!

**Barbara** · 12-27-2005, 11:14 AM

The lion is part of the Wittelsbach arms - and yes it is the same story aas with cows etc. and started in 2005.

Shops can buy a lion and have it painted. The sausage lion belongs to a meet chain, the beer lion to a Bavarian pub, the wine lion to another restaurant - and he was Sara's best friend immediately

**lvpets2002** · 01-26-2006, 06:19 PM

Those guys are pretty neat.. Guess they are not potty trained? Ha Ha

**Corinna** · 01-26-2006, 06:21 PM

My husband and I helped work on 2 projects for the spay and netur task force. we did bears one year and one of moose. auctioned them off to raise money.

**Laura's Babies** · 01-26-2006, 06:36 PM

They had the same thing going on with bee hives around the town where Eddie lives. You bought the undone thing and painted or decorated it like you wanted and it was a contest. It was amazing how peoples minds saw them different and did the things they did with them.... I LOVE CATS so I like the cat ones better!

**kb2yjx** · 01-26-2006, 07:32 PM

There was a woman that did something like that with horses here in NJ!!

**Donnaj4962** · 01-31-2006, 05:25 PM

Fort Wayne did the same thing, but with mastadons! (Remains have been found in the area, and the Mastadon is the mascot of Indiana/Purdue Fort Wayne College.) Artsist painted them and they were displayed all aorund town all summer. Sadly, the first week that they were on display, some vandals ripped off the tusk of one. So the artist made a huige bandaid and put it over the area. He also made a huge "Get Well Card" and attached it to the mastadon! It was sad, but adorable. In the fall, there was a huge auction, and the proceeds went to our local United Way! I loved that since I work for a United Way partner agency!