The iconic lion statues outside the New York Public Library are wearing face masks to encourage humans to do the same

Count on the New York Public Library's iconic lion sculptures to set an example of patience and fortitude.

The marble statues that sit in front of the Steven A. Schwarzman Building in Manhattan's Bryant Park are now sporting their own lion-sized face masks to encourage New Yorkers to follow safety guidelines against coronavirus so their city can reopen in full. The library mascots will wear their three-foot wide, two-foot tall masks to welcome back patrons when a few branches reopen next month.

At least that ' King ' of the jungle cares about those around him!

DanRather The statues have less rock in their heads than Trump supporters

Love it.

adamjohnsharpe humankind deserved this virus

I AM PERSONALLY READY FOR PRESIDENT LION STATUE!!

DanRather Pound sand

They really need to put those mask on Mount Rushmore!!

So will that statue get effected from Corona 🤣

That's cute

Lions represent racism and they should be removed. So do I fit in with the cnn crowd now?

THANK YOUUUUUUUUUUUUU

I love this 😀

This is mental illness in its purest form

And what does this accomplish exactly?

A month ago, the iconic lion statue at the Mitsukoshi department store entrance in Tokyo started wearing a mask with their company logo.

Proving its easier to communicate with concrete than a anti-masker... ishnation

Waste mask👎

Dear dear me

Well, they say that cats can catch COVID-19 as well, so...

They haven't torn those down yet.... They are white. White badddd

Thank God lions don't do arguments like people.

They should definitely do that to mount rushmore!

I'm good with my own local library, but this is definitely one I'm not visiting anytime soon. Standing with authoritarians is not standing with America.

Statues encourage Humans to do lots of things.

they have to give you little bells and cues for you to do what you are told. they dont think of you as people. they think of you as a pawn on the board game Risk, to be moved at their whim when they see fit to benefit them and only them. how long are you wearing it?

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Does that qualify as “defacing”?

The Romans feed people of all colors to the lions. That statue upsets me. I want it removed now.

I ❤️ NY and nypl Looking forward to visit my librarian friends. Cheers.

Unbelievable! I thought American was intelligent but...

I'm 35. Its nuts 60 year old white men decide whose racist. (CNN /NYT investors predomenently white men from racist families). George was killed by a democrat cop, under a dem police chief, governor and mayor. Kkk was dem, slavery all Dems Now they want to blame white RNC?

Poor Lions!

I will worry about masks when this stops

Thanks so much Communist News Network

covid is fine and sh!tty and getting worse BUT THE MOST SCANDALOUS THING IN HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY IS TRUMP NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT RUSSIAN BOUNTIES. THAT IS THE ONLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLY STORY THAT MATTERS.. NOTHING ELSE MATTERS, EVEN COVID, RIGHT NOW, WITH - okay covid BUT

People who really need to get this message do not go to the library....

ROARRRRR!

So you're gonna talk about these statues but not the dozens the left BLM anarchists are destroying?! The depth of your hypocrisy is truely unbeleivable.

Tear down the lion! It’s racist!

Smh sad our country gotta go this far just so maga freaks will listen but still not gone listen cause trump not wearing one

Defacing public monuments should be a jail sentence.

It looks so cute

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Antifa and BlackLivesMatter are literally on their way to topple those statues as we speak.

Put one on Trump will save more people.

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