All of Cardiff's Snoopy sculptures are being moved to more secure locations after a spate of vandalism. Several of the statues which make up the free public art project, A Dog's Trail, have been damaged since it launched on April 8, with already having to be removed after being targeted by vandals.
The trail, which is running across South Wales and features 40 large Snoopys and 75 smaller ones has proved popular with residents and tourists in Cardiff, Caerphilly and Porthcawl, but suffered vandalism within 24 hours of launching. Five sculptures were damaged in the first week, with two more being fenced off due to minor surface damage.
The vandalised statues were: 'Welsh Wildflowers' at Caerphilly Castle, 'Tally' at Llandaff Fields, 'Peek a Boop' at Victoria Park, 'A Dog's Dream' outside City Hall and 'Bore Dar Snoopy' in Dafydd Williams Park. Despite the incidents, which left some of the sculptures headless, the Dog's Trust, who run the trail, said that they had received 'phenomenal support' from the public.
