Wall Street’s iconic charging bull statue vandalized by climate activists

Wall Road’s iconic Charging Bull statue on Tuesday was vandalized by a gaggle of environmental activists who sprayed the bronze sculpture with neon inexperienced paint.

The group, referred to as Extinction Revolt, painted the phrases “Greed=Dying” on the physique of the bull, the image of a surging inventory market that’s positioned in Bowling Inexperienced park close to the New York Inventory Change. Tuesday marks the 56th annual “Earth Day,” first noticed in 1970.

“Good morning from the resistance. We got here to Wall Road to name out the bulls—,” the activist group mentioned on social media web site X. “Bulls— instructed by the 1% who gamble with our futures. Bulls– to bailouts for individuals who wrecked our financial system.”

One protester, who climbed up and sat on the neck of the bull, was instructed to dismount by a New York Metropolis police officer.

Later Tuesday, the group of activists cleaned the inexperienced paint off the bull after their demonstration.

The sculpture, made by Arturo Di Modica, a Sicilian immigrant to New York, was initially put in in entrance of the inventory alternate in 1989, however was later moved a few blocks south to its present location, in line with town’s Division of Parks and Recreation.