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| American Traveler by Jeff Carillo |
The elephants have finally arrived in Dana Point!
The city was selected to host the first American Elephant Parade after highly successful parades in London, Singapore, and Milan.
The parade is to raise awareness and funds to help stop the Asian elephant from extinction.
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| California Surpher by Alan Newell |
Artists and celebrities were selected to paint the life size plexi-glass elephants and after being displayed around Dana Point the elephants will be auctioned off.
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| Jasmine by Khloe Kardashian |
On Friday August 23 the approx 36 elephants were finally revealed all together at Doheny State Beach on a beautiful sunny afternoon.
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| Epiphany by Ashley Keene |
The elephants will stay at Doheny State Beach until Sunday August 25 and then dispersed individually around the city of Dana Point .
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| Beady by David Nguyen |
From August 23 until November 17, 2013 visitors to the seven square miles of paradise that is Dana Point will have the opportunity to spot elephants around the town.
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| Bright Beauty designed by local 5th grade student Morgan Finelt, painted by Kent Baker |
No binoculars required but, you might want to bring a camera!
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| Punkaphant by Andre Miripolsky ( elephant is covered with dots of caulking ) |
There is a artist story behind the design of each elephant.
The craftsmanship and the inspiration of each elephant is fabulous.
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| Maa Lili by Chris Chun |
These photos are a small sampling and for information on the Elephant Parade go to
ElephantParadeAmerica.com
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| Zia Skye by Laura Inkster-Gabor |
So hurry down to Doheny State Beach before the Elephant Parade turns into
'where in Dana Point is an elephant '?
