You might have noticed elephants popping up all over Central london in recent weeks ? Here are a couple of examples in a park right next to UIC in London. Well, following on from the success of previous examples of street art featuring animals – for example there was a parade of cows a few years ago … this is a new iniative to help highlight the issues of conservation and the Indian elephant. You can read all about it at the Elephant Parade website. The organisers of the exhibition say ” Elephant Parade London celebrates the beauty of the magnificent Asian elephant. And this year – with 260 painted elephants in locations across London – it is the biggest and most beautiful outdoor art event the city has ever seen. The elephants are on the streets of London from May until July, and are attracting an estimated audience of 25 million, raising a projected £2 million and benefiting 20 conservation charities in the UK alone.”  The money is reaised by holding an auction of the elephants at the end of the parade – so if you have a garden big enough you might like to bid for one – if not then you can buy small models of them at several places – Selfridges, 80 Regent St, 36 Carnaby St and Greenwich Central. That would be a nice souvenir of your time in London!

So, yet another reason to be in London – why not get together with some friends and see if you can’t sopt all 260 of them. They are popping up all the time and within a few minutes walk of UIC there are a dozen or so.

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