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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Andrew Young

Londoners baffled by unusual cow sculpture in Westminster with lamp emerging from rump

Londoners were baffled by a bizarre sight outside the Houses of Parliament –a life-sized cow sculpture with a Victorian-style street lamp emerging from its rump.

The unusual statue, complete with the 19th century sewer lamp replica, was placed in Westminster to highlight how the faeces of on-farm livestock could be used as a renewable energy source.

The UK's largest dairy cooperative, Arla, was behind the cow lamp stunt, in a bid to draw attention to the potential of biogas – which is derived from cow poo and food waste.

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