The Elephant Family

The Great Elephant Migration

A global environmental art campaign.

The lantana elephants began their global journey in London, championing coexistence. A public environmental exhibition like no other, our CoExistence campaign addressed the growing overlap of the human and animal world whilst demonstrating the inspiring ways we can coexist with all the other living beings that call our planet home.The elephants are now migrating across the USA to inspire the human race to share space. Visit The Great Elephant Migration website to learn about the herds American adventure. https://thegreatelephantmigration.org/ 

About the herd

The Lantana elephants are a unique mix of art, heritage, and livelihoods - they're made from the invasive weed Lantana camara, by skilled indigenous artists, showing us that coexistence is indeed possible.

At The Real Elephant Collective (TREC) a 150-strong team of artisans from villages around Nilgiris shape the invasive Lantana camara into these giants with great skill and ingenuity!

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Elephants may be giants, but they tread softly. Our inspiring herd reminded us that when we lighten our footprint, wildlife bounces back.⁠⁠⁠The campaign in London raised awareness and over £3m to ensure humans and wildlife can coexist better around the world. ⁠The Great Elephant Migration will go even further.

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Our work

We work in partnership with in-country conservation experts to tackle the challenges facing South Asia’s wildlife and the communities that live alongside them. As a leading charity for Asian elephants, we’ve supported over 160 projects.

The success of our London CoExistence campaign led to our Coexistence Fund in 2022. This fund supports conservation work that contributes to human-wildlife coexistence and develops solutions rooted in the ethos and ecological knowledge of local communities. For The Great Elephant Migration, we are taking this support even further. Each elephant is twinned with an NGO in the US and around the world, who will champion its journey and benefit from the sale of the sculpture.

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