Brest Protesters Place Stolen Bison Statue in Guérin Square

A red bison statue taken from a restaurant in Brest, France, appeared in the children's play area at Guérin Square after a demonstration on October 17, 2026, according to Nantes.maville.com. The statue was carried at the front of a march attended by 15,000 demonstrators, following unrest near a blocked roundabout in the Finistère city.

A video shared on the Facebook page of the Young Insoumis of Brest showed several demonstrators bringing the statue to Guérin Square. The location is known as a stronghold of the radical left, according to Nantes.maville.com.

The statue was apparently taken from outside a Buffalo Grill restaurant in the Pen ar C'hleuz area on Saturday morning. The restaurant is near the roundabout that demonstrators occupied and blocked from 6 a.m., according to the same report.

The statue's removal occurred in an area where further property damage was reported later that day. A Burger King restaurant near the roundabout was vandalized several hours after the initial occupation, Nantes.maville.com reported.

The statue's appearance at Guérin Square was documented in the video circulated by the local Young Insoumis group. The report identified the object as the red bison used as the emblem of the restaurant chain, linking its apparent removal to the protest route.