{"id":2064,"date":"2024-03-05T12:56:12","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T04:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.atelierauction.com\/globalupdates\/?p=2064"},"modified":"2024-03-05T12:56:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T04:56:12","slug":"in-memory-of-flaco-new-yorkers-rally-for-statue-in-central-park-to-honor-beloved-owl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atelierauction.com\/globalupdates\/artist\/in-memory-of-flaco-new-yorkers-rally-for-statue-in-central-park-to-honor-beloved-owl\/","title":{"rendered":"In Memory of Flaco: New Yorkers Rally for Statue in Central Park to Honor Beloved Owl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ a-font-body-m     \">The recent death of Flaco, a beloved Eurasian eagle owl, has sparked a movement among New Yorkers to erect a permanent statue in his honor in\u00a0<a id=\"auto-tag_central-park\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atelierauction.com\/globalupdates\/\" data-tag=\"central-park\">Central Park<\/a>, according to\u00a0a Change.org\u00a0petition posted on February 24.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ a-font-body-m     \">With over 3,500 signatures as of Monday, the petition calls for \u201ca pedestal with a branch protruding and a life size Flaco statue\u201d near where the bird was known to roost. The petitioners hope to memorialize Flaco, who captured the hearts of many during his year of freedom in Manhattan after escaping from his enclosure from the Central Park Zoo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ a-font-body-m     \">Flaco\u2019s ability to thrive in the urban environment, despite being raised in captivity, resonated deeply with New Yorkers, symbolizing resilience and against-all-odds survival. The petition\u2019s author, Mike Hubbard, a longtime resident of NYC, emphasized Flaco\u2019s ability to inspire wonder and unity among people from diverse backgrounds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ a-font-body-m     \">While the process of installing statues in Central Park is complex and lengthy, with few projects ultimately approved, New Yorkers have already begun creating\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.atelierauction.com\/globalupdates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">impromptu artistic tributes<\/a>\u00a0to Flaco including photographs and drawing of the late-blooming hunter and, of course, the prerequisite flowers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ a-font-body-m     \">\u201cFlaco\u2019s swift adaptation to life in the wild inspired people all over the world,\u201d David Barrett, who tweets as @BordCentralPark on his X page \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AtelierAuctionsg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Manhattan Bird Alert<\/a>\u201d told\u00a0<em>Hyperallergic<\/em>. According to Barrett, Flaco \u201cseemed to love being a free owl. \u201cThe time we last saw Flaco, he was hooting from the top of a 20-story building on the Upper West Side, looking and sounding at the peak of his powers,\u201d Barrett said. \u201cWe will remember him at his best.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ a-font-body-m     \">Eurasian eagle owls, native to a vast region spanning from Siberia to Ethiopia, can live up to 60 years in captivity, yet Flaco tragically passed away just short of his 14th birthday. The Wildlife Conservation Society, which oversees the Central Park Zoo, attributes Flaco\u2019s death to the\u00a0act of vandalism on his enclosure last year that led to his short-lived freedom, underscoring the need for greater awareness and protection of wildlife.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source\uff1ahttps:\/\/www.artnews.com\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The recent death of Flaco, a beloved Eurasian eagle owl, has sparked a movement among New Yorkers to erect a permanent statue in his honor in\u00a0Central Park, according to\u00a0a Change.org\u00a0petition posted on February 24. With over 3,500 signatures as of Monday, the petition calls for \u201ca pedestal with a branch protruding and a life size [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,13,7,4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2064","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artist","8":"category-auction","9":"category-events","10":"category-gallery","11":"category-latest-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>In Memory of Flaco: New Yorkers Rally for Statue in Central Park to Honor Beloved Owl - Investable Art Auctioneer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The recent death of Flaco, a beloved Eurasian eagle owl, has sparked a movement among New Yorkers to erect a permanent statue in his honor in\u00a0Central Park, according to\u00a0a Change.org\u00a0petition posted on February 24.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atelierauction.com\/globalupdates\/artist\/in-memory-of-flaco-new-yorkers-rally-for-statue-in-central-park-to-honor-beloved-owl\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"In Memory of Flaco: New Yorkers Rally for Statue in Central Park to Honor Beloved Owl - 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