It used to be all an outdoor statue had to worry about was some bratty kid climbing on it and breaking off an arm accidently.
Now, the breaks are being done deliberately.
Thieves - organized thieves - have been going around stealing manhole covers (never mind that leaving a great hole in a street means not a few people have fallen in them and broken legs or even died), lead from roofs, and even entire statues - from where ever they may be - in graveyards, on federal land, anywhere.
And there's probably no way to stop them. The cost to place a guard on every piece of bronze or metal statuary everywhere in the country....unless they're willing to take minimum wage and work day and night....
Camera systems installed might help identify the thieves - but by the time the thief is arrested the priceless work of art (priceless in the sense that the original is the original and can never be replaced!) will be destroyed, melted down for its metal.
Sad days indeed.
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