100 Elephant Statues Coming To Newport For A Cause

NEWPORT, RI — The Great Elephant Migration is coming to Newport, an art exhibit of 100 life-sized elephant statues that will be on display along the Cliff Walk.

The art exhibit will be on display in Newport beginning Thursday and remaining at the Cliff Walk throughout August.

According to the art exhibit's website, the Great Elephant Migration is a global organization that aims to encourage people to raise indigenous voices and share space with wildlife.

"A collaboration between indigenous artisans, contemporary artists and cultural institutions, it will raise millions of dollars to power human-wildlife coexistence projects and protect migratory animals making spectacular journeys across land, rivers, skies and oceans."

The organization goes about raising that money via donations and selling elephant sculptures. Each elephant in the exhibit is paired with a conservation non-profit that benefits from the proceeds of sculpture sales.

For the Newport display, the sale of elephants will benefit Save the Bay's efforts to remove invasive reeds found in local salt marshes.

Learn more about the Great Elephant Migration here.

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