It’s time to grab your swim trunks—pun intended—and head over to Miami Beach to see elephants, stomping through the sand to raise awareness about conservation efforts.
The herd, an art installation of 100 life-sized Indian elephants called “The Great Elephant Migration,” stand tall between 36 and 37 streets.
The project was built by Elephant Family USA, a nonprofit that “works to protect Asian wildlife in the most joyful and engaging way possible.”
The project’s website describes the artwork as “a collaboration between indigenous artisans, contemporary artists and cultural institutions, it will raise millions of dollars to power human-wildlife coexistence projects and protect migratory animals making spectacular journeys across land, rivers, skies and oceans.”
Each elephant handmade by a community of 200 indigenous artisans living on a nature reserve in southern India. The statues are crafted from Lantana camara, which is one of the world’s top invasive weeds.
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