Dodo on box

 Dodo on Shrewsbury telecom cabinet
The public relations company working to boost Shrewsbury, ‘Shrewsbury BID’, has been busy this summer commissioning artists to paint the town's telecom cabinets.  The artworks give a very colourful look to the environment.
As they seem to be on a general wildlife theme, I had rather hoped a loggerhead-leopard might be included – but sadly no.
This bird here is an (extinct) dodo, reminding us of how many species are now no longer with us.

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  1. MaggieOctober 27, 2021 at 7:01 PM

    I saw a tiger painted on one of the other boxes (on Fish Street). So I'm astounded that BID did not think the logger/leopards' heads were worth depicting. Shame.
    MC

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