 Demonstrators are now sat atop one of the heads of the Kelpies and unfurled a banner reading: 'This Is Rigged.' Another protester said: 'The Kelpies is a monument to the horses and the people who've worked to develop our industry and agriculture to where it is today, yet the Scottish government is now leaving our oil workers without support for a fair transition to renewables. 'This means unemployment, insecurity and exploitation for workers as well as fossil-fuelled climate collapse. 'Horses powered our past and renewables power our future. Continuing fossil fuel extraction will power nothing but our death.' On its website, Felix Park, operated by Falkirk Council, says both the park and the landmark are closed. This Is Rigged is campaigning for the Scottish government to stop l){kind=link}
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Climate campaigners have scaled a Scottish tourist attraction as part of days-long action against the fossil fuel industry.
Two people from This Is Rigged scaled The Kelpies, two giant sculptures between Falkirk and Grangemouth about 23 miles northeast of Glasgow, at 5am today.
The 100ft-high steel artwork is just by the Grangemouth Refinery, one of the only crude oil refineries in Scotland and one of six across the UK.