125 wooden elephants appeared in front of Buckingham Palace in London at dawn on Saturday. The action is designed to demonstrate the possibility of peaceful coexistence of people and animals in the modern world..
The action was conceived by activists of the Elephant Family conservation group, which works to protect Asian elephants from extinction, the BBC news agency reported.. Wooden models of elephants are the work of indigenous craftsmen of the Nilgiri mountains in southern India, where wild Indian elephants live side by side with them.
The coronavirus pandemic, and as a consequence, a decrease in human activity, turned into new opportunities for growth and development for many species of animals.. The Environmental Fund, with the help of such actions, wants to remind people of the need to protect animals even after human activity returns to the pre-pandemic level..
At the end of the promotion, elephants will be put up for sale at a price of 30,000 pounds (34,851 euros) per piece.