Elephants brighten London streets

More than 250 brightly painted life-size elephants are making their mark in central London.

In an attempt to raise awareness and money to save the endangered Asian elephant, the Elephant Parade has hit the city's streets attracting an estimated audience of 25 million people.

PHOTO GALLERY: Elephant Parade

Event organiser Elephant Family said the parade, which has been running since May, was expected to raise £2 million ($3.4 million) to benefit 17 conservation charities in the UK.

"The Asian elephant is a truly magnificent creature but sadly it's on the brink of extinction, marooned in ever-decreasing pockets of forest by the spread of human settlements, farming, mining and railways," the Elephant Family organisation said.
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The Elephant Safari Park Lodge
There is where I am heading for this week to visit a friend and have fun with those magnificient elephants, saved from the camps in Sumatra where they are endangered by losing habitat to plantations. So no more posts until next week.