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... Spirit Bears in the City -- this one is at the ferry terminal at Tsawwassen. A 2006 fundraising venture of the B.C. Lions Society for Children with Disabilities, hundreds of these stylized fiberglass replicas of the rare white Kermode Bear, also called Spirit Bear, were customized in different motifs and paint schemes by many different artists, and scattered around Vancouver and vicinity ... then auctioned off to benefit charity.
Other cities have done that too: Animals on display are not a new idea in cities throughout the United States and the world. Zurich, Switzerland was the first to do a public art project with Pigs on Parade in 1998. Artists set up Cows on Parade in Chicago in 1999 and New York City in 2000. Seattle also sponsored Pigs on Parade, and Buffalo, N.Y. hosted Herd About Buffalo; Washington DC did Party Animals (Donkeys and Elephants) in 2002.