Here in Toronto we had a problem with grafitti artists last summer so the
city decided to do something about it.  The area where they were spraying
was an alley behind a school that had a number of garages.  The city
decided to hold a competition and with the permission of the garage owner
challenged the grafitti kids to paint "art" on each of them.  This alley
has become a really neat place to drive down with large frogs, foxes,
cardinals, and beavers now painted on the side of them.  Not sure if they
ahd to stick to an "animals" them but it would appear so.

Ever since these paintings were done, no one has dared to deface them
with more traditional grafitti since and it has given those who painted
them a sense of pride and accomplishment.

Carla Morse
Curator
HMCS HAIDA Naval Museum
Toronto, ON CANADA