Climate Activists Spray Paint on Canadian Museum of Nature’s Replica Dinosaur

The fossil gallery at Ottawa’s Canadian Museum of Nature has been temporarily closed after a replica of a dinosaur skeleton was sprayed with pink paint by an activist in an apparent bid to draw attention to the “climate crisis.” The incident occurred at approximately 10 a.m. on Feb. 9 in the museum’s Fossil Gallery, according to an emailed statement from the museum. “An activist… sprayed pink paint on a cast (replica) of a dinosaur (carnotaurus), with the paint also splashing a few adjacent specimens,” the museum said. Security staff followed procedures to “ensure the safety of visitors,” and called police, who took the activist into custody, the museum said....