From Rhode Island to California, this herd is making its way across the U.S.—without moving a muscle. That’s because they’re sculptures in a traveling exhibit called “The Great Elephant Migration.” Each life-sized statue was handmade by Indigenous, or Native, people from an area of India called Nilgiri Hills. To make the models, artists used a shrub called lantana camara. The plant destroys the habitats of endangered elephants and other species.
Money raised by selling the statues will support groups that protect animals. Organizers hope the exhibit will inspire people to live peacefully with real wildlife.