The Great Elephant Migration arrives in Beverly Hills – A Time Sensitive Blog Post!
The Great Elephant Migration arrives in Beverly Hills – A Time Sensitive Blog Post!
How wonderful the great Elephant Migration
Have you heard (or herd!) of the Great Elephant Migration? If not, I’m about to fill you in, and if you live anywhere in the vicinity of Beverly Hills, CA, you can see it for FREE (although donations for the worthy cause would be appreciated) up until August 1, 2025.
The Elephant Migration
The Great Elephant Migration (From India With Love) arrived in Newport, Rhode Island on the Fourth of July 2024. Their 5000-mile journey is at its conclusion in Beverly Hills, CA until August 1. This amazing herd of 100 life-sized elephants and their calves have spent the past year traveling all over the United States, making stops in New York City, Miami Beach, Houston and Jackson Hole, Wyoming just to name a few. I was thrilled to learn about this exhibit and the wonderful opportunity to see them thanks to one of our friends.
Bringing up the Rear
Obviously, the herd are not live elephants. These gorgeous replicas are made from lantana camara, one of the world’s top invasive weeds. This fast growing, noxious shrub has covered over 300,00 sq kilometers of India’s Protected Areas and limits the wild roaming elephant’s freedom. Hence, I find it extra special that each elephant has been created and constructed by “The Real Elephant Collective”, a community of 200 indigenous artisans from India’s Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, Tamil Nadu. These artisans not only bring attention to this problem but also help remove lantana camara by their herd construction, thus helping the animals roam more freely. It also brings to light the ability of elephants and humans to be able to co-exist.
The Great Elephant Migration
I am posting just a few photos to give you a mere glimpse of the quality of the artwork that went into creating these magnificent pieces. If you would like to learn more about this interesting cause, visit the attached link (About Us | The Great Elephant Migration). You can even purchase your own elephant as these remarkable pieces are for sale with prices ranging from $8,000 – $ 22,000. As I mentioned above, donations of any amount are appreciated if the purchase price is a bit out of your reach or if you simply don’t have the room for one.
The main tourist attraction in Beverly Hills
The exhibit is free at Beverly Gardens Park on Santa Monica Boulevard (9439 Santa Monica Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 to be exact) and encompasses 4 blocks. There is ample parking in the surrounding Beverly Hills parking structures (I parked at Santa Monica and Roxbury). It’s available for viewing between the hours of 7:00 am and 10:00 pm so if you are a morning, afternoon or evening person you can enjoy the herd at your convenience.
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