If you find yourself walking through the Meatpacking District and notice a large herd of elephants, your eyes are not deceiving you – it’s the The Great
If you find yourself walking through the Meatpacking District and notice a large herd of elephants, your eyes are not deceiving you – it’s thewas the word of the day on Sept. 6 as elected officials, both local and from abroad, along with hundreds of bystanders gathered to witness the unveiling of 100 life-sized elephant sculptures, which were blessed with a showering of colorful flower petals and a symbolic feeding of a real coconut.
Recently, an invasive plant species known as “lantana camara” has been diminishing the food source of local herbivores, leaving the giant mammals hungry. The Great Elephant Migration made its first stop in Rhode Island on July 4 and arrived to NYC earlier this month where it will live until Oct. 20.
“Our message is one of ancestral knowledge of how to live with wildlife,” Ganesh told amNewYork Metro.
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