A herd of elephant sculptures traded their typical savanna habitat for Boston this summer as their exhibit made its first stop of the year on a tour across the United States.
The herd departed the city this week, but in case you missed them, here’s why the life-size sculptures took over a five-block stretch of Commonwealth Avenue last month.
The installation, titled the Great Elephant Migration, featured sculptures made from Lantana camara, a toxic invasive plant, and were prepared by the Elephant Family, a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness of and promoting human-wildlife coexistence…