09/19/2026
Gone but not forgotten 🐘🌿🐘🌿🐘
From first light until moonlight, Bostonians welcomed 100 giants into the heart of their city✨🐘🌙
For 36 days the herd settled under the leafy canopy of Commonwealth Avenue Mall where their new human neighbors jogged, cycled, strolled and stood alongside them.
The elephants were painted and photographed until our digital feeds were flooded with your faces with theirs❤️
By summer’s end, the grass wore down to soil, muddying the elephants’ feet. It didn’t matter. The herd had found a home, and Boston had discovered a new daily source of wonder.
From New England to the Nilgiris, and outwards to the North Atlantic, the elephants planted seeds of thought about a world transformed by humans and our animal neighbors trying to keep pace.
The wonder sparked here has set the herd on a global path. Boston did more than provide a home, it has motivated and encouraged ❤️Elephants never forget. And this herd won’t forget the warmth of Boston.
100+ Elephants
150+ Elephant Guardians
$40,000+ in public donations
$1m+ for indigenous community livelihoods and human-wildlife coexistence around the world, including The New England Aquarium’s right whales 🐋✨
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