Elephants in London parks

The CoExistence elephants have moved from Chelsea, where I saw them recently, to parks around Buckingham Palace in London. They are now in St James Park and Green Park and also Berkeley Square.

They will be here from 14 June until 23 July. As a reminder, the elephants were made in the Nilgiri Hills of southern India where the real elephants coexist with humans. They are made of an invasive plant. The elephants will be sent around the globe, to remind humans that we can coexist with animals.

The 100 elephants are split into several herds, each is a particular group and has an information board about them. I started in St James Park.

The first group is called Natural World Heroes. Members of this herd take their names from real human heroes.

This one is named after David Attenborough -

The second herd in St James Park is named The Crop Raiders. The story tells again how elephants and humans can coexist.

One lone elephant off for a drink!! -

I then went across The Mall to Green Park. Here, most of the elephants are in a long line but separated into different herds.

The Tea Timers represent elephants that coexist with the tea plantations in southern India -

The Batchelor Boys story is written in an informative way -

There are other groups with information boards that I didn't take photos of. I then went onto Berkeley Square. This is in Mayfair, a very upmarket area. The plane trees are some of the oldest in Central London. The square has had some famous residents in the past, such as Winston Churchill, Charles Rolls (Rolls Royce), Harry Selfridge and George Canning to name just a few - read more on Wikipedia. Around the square are luxury car show rooms and exclusive clubs.

The herd with the Bentley showroom behind -

I just hope this parade of elephants gets the message across around the world and that elephants will always coexist with humans.