Eco vandals targeted Walmart heiress Nancy Walton Laurie’s £241million superyacht in Ibiza today by using fire extinguishers to coat it in red and black paint.
Vegan activists from Futuro Vegetal (Vegetable Future) sprayed the 360ft vessel before holding up a ‘You Consume Other Suffer’ sign in their latest protest stunt.
Futuro Vegetal has since posted a statement on social media, which stated that ‘the only reason we continue to maintain an economic system that leads us to eco-social collapse is to sustain the privileges of this small privileged class.’
The superyacht belongs to billionaire US supermarket heiress Nancy Walton Laurie, the daughter of Walmart co-founder James ‘Bud’ Walton. She has a fortune of $7.77 billion according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
The yacht has been moored in the marina on the seafront of the port of Ibiza for five days. It was reportedly scheduled to leave Ibiza today, and the vandalism took place as the crew was starting to manoeuvre the craft to leave the mooring. Police say two male protesters have been arrested.
It comes just two days after the Spanish group carried out a similar stunt in Ibiza, when the eco-zealots sprayed paint onto a private jet.
The 360-foot superyacht Kaos has been vandalised by climate activists from the Futuro Vegetal group in Ibiza this morning around 9am
The superyacht was launched by company Oceanco and belongs to American supermarket heiress Nancy Walton Laurie, who is the daughter of Walmart co-founder James ‘Bud’ Walton
They used fire extinguishers to spray paint across the one end of the £241million yacht and held up a sign saying ‘You Consume Others Suffer’, according to Spanish newspaper Periodico de Ibiza
A crewmember from a yacht nearby to Kaos told MailOnline the damage to the vessel will likely cost its owner ‘millions’.
He said: ‘If Kaos had left ten minutes earlier it would have been our yacht.’
The boat’s owner is a British tycoon, and his crewmember said he ‘would have been gutted’ if his boat had been damaged by the vandals.
He said the port security ‘were useless’: ‘They took ages to come and police didn’t even arrest them just took them for questioning.’
‘We have pasarelle watch now, 24 hours’, he said, explaining that ‘on the gangway to the boat we have the deck team standing watching’.
Futuro Vegetal’s aim is to end subsidies to livestock farming and use the money for a transition to a socially and ecologically just plant-based food system, according to their mission statement.
It states: ‘We don’t have time to keep trying the same tactics we’ve been using for years.
‘We need the entire population to be aware of the critical point that we have reached as humanity and of the intergenerational violence that institutional policies entail in the face of the Climate Crisis.’
The vandalism, which saw the boat sprayed in red and black, will likely cost ‘millions’ to repair
Futuro Vegetal describes itself as a collective of civil disobedience and direct action fighting against the climate crisis.
The superyacht was launched by company Oceanco and belongs to American supermarket heiress Nancy Walton Laurie, who is the daughter of Walmart co-founder James ‘Bud’ Walton.
The yacht, which sails under the Jamaican flag, is 360-feet long and weighs 4,523 tons. It was built in the Netherlands in 2017.
Kaos has four decks and can house 31 guests as well as 45 crew members.
The largest deck hosts a swimming pool, a dining area and an aquarium, with other areas on the yacht boasting a large cinema, a sauna and full spa facilities.
The lounge area comes with gold ceilings as well as dark wood features. Marble bathrooms round off the deck.
It also has a helipad, a hot tub and even space for a smaller boat for day trips.
Oceanco, who built the superyacht, is also responsible for Jeff Bezos’ £400million superyacht.
The yacht, which sails under the Jamaican flag, is 360-feet long and weighs 4,523 tons. It was built in the Netherlands in 2017
The largest deck hosts a swimming pool and an aquarium, with other areas on the yacht boasting a large cinema, a sauna and full spa facilities (pictured: the boat before it was refit in 2018 after formerly being known as Jubilee)
It also has a helipad, a hot tub and even space for a smaller boat for day trips. Kaos has four decks and can house 31 guests as well as 45 crew members
Just on Friday the group carried out a similar stunt in Ibiza, when the eco-zealots sprayed paint onto a private jet.
They confirmed in a statement their vandal action was in protest against the climate crisis: ‘The action puts the finishing touch to the “Jets and Yachts, the party is over;” campaign, convened by Extinction Rebellion Ibiza, who demand the ban on private jets and the end of luxury broadcasts.’
Video from the scene showed one of the group’s ‘militants’ speaking in front of the plane. One said: ‘I am here today because it terrifies me, not having a future.’
In the Ibiza video, activist Marina appears to cite the statistic that the richest 1% of the world’s population were responsible for more than twice as much carbon pollution as the poorest half.
She says the luxury industry consumes and contaminates common resources and all life that lives on the planet.
‘The rich are a luxury that we cannot allow. Act!’
The video then cuts to a man covering the plane in black and yellow paint. He climbs on the wing and appears to glue himself to the fuselage.
Video showed the extent of graffiti covering the plane as eco activists protested ‘luxury’
The nose of the plane was covered in yellow paint, shown in the video shared by Futuro Vegetal
On the other side, Marina is seen waving yellow smoke. The plane and ground are seen covered in different paints.
At the end of the video, a message reads: ‘We can’t carry on maintaining your privileges. Eat the rich. Help us.’
Meanwhile, footage of climate protestors in Germany went viral after zealots clashed with the driver of an Air Liquide lorry, a company ‘promoting energy transition’.
The clip shared online appears to show Letzte Generation protestors sitting in the road to block traffic before a lorry driver attempts to push through.
One activist is dragged along the road by the moving truck before the driver relents, gets out and pulls them out of the road to pass safely.
In the video titled ‘Truck driver nearly runs over Letzte Generation human’, three climate protestors are seen to sit down in the road in front of a Air Liquide lorry.
Air Liquide is the Paris Olympics’ official hydrogen supporter and works to innovate ‘the development of low-carbon hydrogen and biomethane for the energy transition’.
The driver is pictured trying to drag the protestor sitting in the road out from under the lorry
The protestors appear to be with Letzte Generation. The group was founded in 2021 and operational in Germany, Italy and Austria.
They are pictured holding orange banners, though it is unclear what they say from the angle.
The driver of the lorry at first jumps out to push and drag the activists out of his way.
When they sit back in position, he slowly starts driving forwards – and then shunts the activist closest to the pavement.
The push is enough to send the young man flying back and bystanders come to his aid.
The lorry driver is seen throwing his hands up in frustration and stops the lorry.
Again, he gets out and drags the protestor out of the way, creating enough space to drive between them.
As the camera moves, video shows a queue of vehicles behind the lorry.
Air Liquide Group, the company that owns the lorry, is a self-described world leader in gases, technology and services for industry and health.
The lorry ploughed through the protestors, knocking one back before the driver stopped
The footage showed the driver pushing one of the protestors after they obstructed the road
According to their Instagram channel, their ambition is ‘to deliver long term performance and contribute to a more sustainable world’.
The company recently became the Official Hydrogen Supporter of the Olympic and Paralympic Games for 2024.
They say they aim to ‘help reduce the carbon emissions’ of the Paris Olympics ‘to accelerate the deployment of hydrogen mobility from renewable sources’.
Air Liquide provided the following statement to MailOnline: ‘On July 12, Air Liquide was made aware of an altercation in Stralsund, Germany, between a third-party contract driver of Air Liquide Medical Gases and local protesters.
‘Images display unacceptable behavior from the driver that is not aligned with Air Liquide’s values in any way.
‘The third-party contractor has been notified that Air Liquide will no longer accept the services of this individual.’
Letzte Generation is a climate activist group operational in Central Europe. The name means ‘Last Generation’ in English.
It is known for its road protests, staging 276 road blockages in Germany alone throughout 2022.
