{"id":491801,"date":"2026-03-24T02:04:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T02:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/491801\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T02:04:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T02:04:11","slug":"why-strange-statues-have-appeared-on-liverpool-waterfront","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/491801\/","title":{"rendered":"Why ‘strange’ statues have appeared on Liverpool waterfront"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The statues on Princes Dock this afternoon(Image: Jamie Greer\/Liverpool ECHO)<\/p>\n

A number of eye-catching statues have appeared on Liverpool\u2019s waterfront. The sculptures were loaded onto a piece of land at Princes Dock, facing the River Mersey<\/a>, on Thursday, March 18.<\/p>\n

On X<\/a>, user @Liverpool1207 shared pictures of the statues, which included a man in a suit with the face of a dog <\/a>and a woman in business wear with the face of a rabbit<\/a>. There is also a convoy of other animals holding onto each other, including an elephant, giraffe and lion.<\/p>\n

The post <\/a>said: \u201cNot sure where it will be exhibited but some strange inhabitants are being unloaded at Princes Dock.\u201d They added it was part of an exhibition called \u201cGo Wildlife Go\u201d.<\/p>\n

The statues <\/a>are the brainchild of Gillie and Marc Schattner, a British and Australian couple. Gillie and Marc specialise in animal, human-animal hybrid and abstract pictures.<\/p>\n

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A man in a suit with the face of a dog and a woman in business wear with the face of a rabbit(Image: Jamie Greer\/Liverpool ECHO)<\/p>\n

The statues were still there when the ECHO <\/a>visited Princes Dock this afternoon (Monday, March 23). They are blocked off by a locked barrier on one side and a fence on the cover.<\/p>\n

The man and woman are visible but the convoy of other animals, which is on a scooter, is partially covered.<\/p>\n

Go Wildlife Go has previously been showcased on Paternoster Square in London and intends to shine a spotlight on animal species in danger of extinction.<\/p>\n

A message about the exhibition on a board at Princes Dock says: \u201cOne of the greatest joys and sources of wonder comes from the most natural place – the wild animals, forests, lakes and all the beautiful treats of planet Earth are more exciting and healthy than anything we have created.<\/p>\n

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A sign explaining the exhibition(Image: Jamie Greer\/Liverpool ECHO)<\/p>\n

\u201cYet, the world is currently experiencing its sixth mass extinction event. We are losing species at 100-1,000 times the natural rate.<\/p>\n

\u201cMore and more creatures are in trouble, with an estimated one million species heading towards extinction within the next decades.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reasons can be linked back to us – humans. Thousands of animals are facing imminent extinction unless we act now.<\/p>\n

“With the same joy and love we get from being in these magical wild places, we must now heal them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Through the sculpture, the artwork encourages the public to learn more about this issue. A QR code will be installed which people can scan on their phone for more information.<\/p>\n

On Gillie and Marc\u2019s website, it says the exhibition will be in Liverpool from April 2026 to April 2027 but an exact location has not been confirmed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The collection faces the River Mersey on Liverpool’s waterfront The statues on Princes Dock this afternoon(Image: Jamie Greer\/Liverpool…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":491802,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,10993,2347,173772,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-491801","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-design","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-exhibitions","14":"tag-liverpool-city-centre","15":"tag-liverpool-waterfront","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom","18":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/491802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}