Several more statues have been damaged on Bristol's Unicorn Festival trail raising money for charity. Organisers of the event have pleaded with the public not to touch, climb or stand on any of the 60 large unicorn statues located across the city.
The Unicorn Fest trail officially started last week as part of the 650th-anniversary celebrations for Bristol. The unicorns - and additional foal statues - are located around the city's landmarks, but several statues have been damaged in the first week.
Last week, organised were "dismayed" after a statue had been damaged before the trail had even begun. More recently, a statue on Gloucester Road had its horn snapped off over the weekend and a unicorn in Castle Park was also damaged. A horn was also missing from a unicorn by the glassboat, which has since been replaced.
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"All our unicorns are now in their locations across Bristol and the surrounding areas and we are getting great feedback from the public who are enjoying the trail which is raising awareness and money for a great cause," said Unicorn Fest.
"Unfortunately, we have experienced some damage over the weekend, mainly to the unicorn horns when people have attempted to climb and they have been snapped off. We have a team standing by to fix any damage and are drafting in specialist fibre glass specialists as needed.
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"We are appealing to all visitors not to touch or climb on the unicorns or stand on the concrete surround. Every single breakage sadly reduces the money we’re able to raise for the UK’s leading leukaemia charity, Leukaemia Care."
Organisers recently defended why it has missed out on almost all of South Bristol on the trail. They said the location choices were chosen by the sponsors of each painted sculpture, but local councillors in South Bristol said it was ‘a shame’.
