BERLIN — Two environmental activists glued themselves to an
exhibition of a dinosaur skeleton at Berlin’s
Natural History Museum on Sunday
to protest the German government’s climate policies.
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It was the latest such stunt by climate campaigners
at a museum, after famous artworks were targeted in different ways across
Europe.
In Berlin, two women wearing orange vests stuck
themselves to metal poles supporting a dinosaur skeleton that was over 60
million years old, holding a banner that read: “What if the government doesn’t
have it under control?”
One of the women, Caris Connell, said she was scared
of “forest fires, water shortages, famines, and war”.
“Dinosaurs died out because they could not withstand
massive changes to the climate. That is also threatening us,” added the
34-year-old.
The other activist, Solvig Schinkoethe, said that as
a mother of four, she feared the consequences of climate change.
“Peaceful resistance is the way we have chosen to
protect our children from the deadly ignorance of governments,” said the
42-year-old.
They called on the government in Berlin to take
quick steps to cut emissions, such as setting a speed limit on motorways and
introducing more affordable public transport.
The museum said police brought the incident to an
end in under an hour. There was property damage, and criminal charges have been
filed, it said in a statement.
The activists were from the group Last Generation,
which earlier this month splashed mashed potatoes on Claude Monet’s
$111-million “Les Meules” (Haystacks) at the Museum Barberini in Potsdam,
Germany.
In recent weeks, climate activists have also glued
themselves to Johannes Vermeer’s “Girl with a Pearl Earring” at a Dutch museum,
and thrown soup at Vincent van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” at the National Gallery in
London.
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