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For A Few Hours, A Sculpted Dog Was Urinating On The 'Fearless Girl'

The statue of a defiant girl has confronted Wall Street's Charging Bull for months, much to the chagrin of the bull's sculptor. Briefly Monday, another sculptor made clear which side he's on.
<em>Fearless Girl</em>, the statue installed in front of New York City's famous <em>Charging Bull</em>, got some unexpected company for a few hours Monday: the statue of a dog, with one leg raised as if urinating. Alex Gardega says his <em>Sketchy Pug</em> was intended to support the artist behind the bull, who has been upset his creation's meaning has been co-opted.

For a few hours Monday, the bitter face-off between a bull and a girl in New York City got a curious, four-legged interloper: a tiny pug, with one of those legs suggestively raised beside the girl's leg. There was no urine, no caustic caption, but it was clear

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