FOUR PAWS Unveils Elephant Sculpture in Massachusetts for World Animal Day
Meet Madhubala! This nearly life-size elephant sculpture that gained national attention as part of The Great Elephant Migration, a traveling exhibition featuring 100 life-sized statues that toured cities across the U.S. in 2024 and 2025.
We are honored to host this official unveiling on Friday, October 3, 1:00 – 3:00 PM, as part of our World Animal Day celebrations. Observed on October 4th, World Animal Day is dedicated to raising awareness and inspiring action to protect the welfare of all animals.
FOUR PAWS’s Boston-based office named the sculpture Madhubala after a real-world captive elephant in Pakistan who the organization rescued in 2024. The real Madhubala’s story begins over two decades ago. Captured from the wild at a young age, four African elephants named Madhubala, Noor Jehan, Sonia and Malika, were taken to Pakistan in 2009 and separated into pairs. In November 2021, FOUR PAWS was asked to assess the well-being of the four elephants and in 2024, after 15 years separated from her siblings, FOUR PAWS was finally able to transfer Madhubala and reunite her with her sisters.
This gathering in Massachusetts offers a meaningful opportunity to celebrate that mission in Chelsea through art, community, and advocacy. The public is welcome!
- Contact Name: Claire LaFrance
- Contact Number: 6179421233
- Contact Email: Claire.lafrance@four-paws.org
- Location: Chelsea, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
- Organised by: FOUR PAWS USA