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Dallas replacing Whaling Wall gifted by conservationist with FIFA World Cup mural

A nearly 30-year-old mural gifted to the City of Dallas by a conservationist artist is being painted over ahead of the FIFA World Cup.

By Mack Shaw·11 hr ago

A nearly 30-year-old mural gifted to the City of Dallas by a conservationist artist is being painted over ahead of the FIFA World Cup.

The artist told FOX 4 he was "blindsided," claiming no one consulted him before painting over his 164-feet-long, 82-feet-high artwork.

Whaling Wall mural removed The latest: The whales spanning two sides of a building on Akard Street in Downtown Dallas are nearly gone.

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