It's Cruel, absolutely cruel! As other people said here, several of them are destinated to the garbage or to the dead.
Just to compare, here, in Brazil, a begger were painted while he was sleeping on the street. Both are victms: http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Brasil/0,,MUL1554959-5598,00-MORADOR+DE+RUA+ACORDA+COM+O+CORPO+PICHADO+NO+RS.html
It's Cruel, absolutely cruel! As other people said here, several of them are destinated to the garbage or to the dead.
Just to compare, here, in Brazil, a begger were painted while he was sleeping on the street. Both are victms: http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Brasil/0,,MUL1554959-5598,00-MORADOR+DE+RUA+ACORDA+COM+O+CORPO+PICHADO+NO+RS.html
It's time to take care of humans and animals.