#elephantisuntpersonae

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Look the other way from time to time. The world is full of surprises. One day we will think it obvious that elephants and other animals are persons, non-human persons with real legal rights. The right to not be abused, enslaved, exploited, killed and consumed. If we don't get this soon then it will be the end of what we call our civilisation. A new relationship with the other beings and systems that inhabit this planet is needed if we are going to thrive. Let's face it, 99% of us are not thriving while we destroy our home, so we need to find a better way, a way in which humans can be part of the solution rather than the biggest problem on this planet, AND truly thrive at the same time. It is not either or. 🙏🌱✊ ..... .... ... .. . #saveourplanet #veganart #veganism #nonhumanrights #systemsthinking #biodiversity #elephantman #elephantisuntpersonae #elephantsarepeopletoo @zeitgeist_gallery @tzmglobal #zeitgeist #bricklanemarket #bricklane @trumanbrewery @brick_lane_art @bricklaneart #shoreditchstreetart #streetart #streetartnews #streetarteverywhere https://www.instagram.com/p/BpupOQSFwSs/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1wp28aypcf0z1

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'Just stare down at the humans kid, they aren't as stupid as we've been led to believe, they'll get the message. Oh look! Here comes the 73 bus, stare at the people on top when it comes past' . . . . .#streetart #nonhumanrights #elephantlove #elephantisuntpersonae #vegan #animalrightsactivist #stokenewingtonchurchstreet #stokey @hangupgallery @abneyparkn16 @boltlondon #streetsculpture #guerillasculpture

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The elephants overlooking Woolwich Ferry are no more! Amazingly, a brave citizen confronted the the elephant thief and positively roared in outrage and indignation at the miscreant, who it has to be said was wearing a local council vest and drove a local council badged car. He ran away and left the small elephant but the big one got smashed. Heroic citizen Stuart Ellis didn't leave it there. He called the council to find out if they had sanctioned the removal of the elephants, and apparently they are aware of them but had NOT asked for them to be removed. So he was a thief in a council vest! Thank you @stuartellis2006 I will send you something to thank you for your efforts. ..... .... ... .. . @stuartellis2006 @southlondonnews3 @southeastlondonpress @southlondongallery @southlondonpress @southlondonpressmedia @sololetterpress #elephantman #elephantisuntpersonae #woolwichelephants #elephantlover #elephantsarepeopletoo #woolwich #woolwichferry #woolwicharsenal #loveelephants https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs5TCkqF7_u/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=7u79ogyzcf93

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An elephant? In Camberwell? What kind of nonsense is this? Oh, it's those protest elephants put out by that Elephantman. Bloody hand wringing do-gooder, legal rights for elephants and other animals? Preposterous, I don't want to live in a world where we care about those weaker than us! I want fried chicken and roast beef and a fur trimmed parka with real fur, none of that leftie pretend stuff! Namby Pamby leftie vegans with knitted hair shirts...where will it end? Justice and freedom for all beings? Over my dead body! ..... .... ... .. . #timeoutnewyork #timeoutlondon #streetart #streetartlondon #protestart #animalrightsactivist #animalrightsmovement #nonhumanrights #camberwell #camberwellarts #camberwellual @southwarknews #elephant #elephantisuntpersonae #elephantman #elephantintheroom #elephantsculpture #elephantfamily #elephantlover https://www.instagram.com/p/BrPiX-4FV4G/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1rcobc38un6bg

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It was a very short lived demonstration for the rights of elephants and other animals in Hastings yesterday. The owners of the cafe The Stade were displeased with the un-asked for additions to their roof line. You can't please everyone. I noticed that they were on their sides as I drove past heading back to London. I went to the cafe and offered to remove the elephants and all traces of the adhesives used. In recompense for the inconvenience I caused them I let them keep the larger elephant. I hope they grow to love it. This project is all about love, and I do not want to leave people annoyed with what I am doing. We need to learn to love the other beings we share this planet with rather than treating them as commodities which provide us with products. Elephants make Ivory, or will do until they cease to exist in the wild, which is not long away. Pigs make pork, cows make beef and milk and these products require a life of torture and suffering for animals in his so-called animal loving country. Also we are racing into climate catastrophe with the seldom discussed leading cause being our cultivation and consumption of animals. We need to look at our own actions and habits because our governments are just not taking action. Big Love Hastings, I'll be back.... ..... .... ... .. . #hastings #hastingsoldtown #thestade @thebestofhastings @made_in_hastings #jerwoodgallery #streetart #elephantman #elephantisuntpersonae #elephantintheroom #nonhumanrights #animalrights #extinctionrebellion @extinctionrebellion @chrispackhamvoice_for_nature #streetsculpture #protestart https://www.instagram.com/p/BqpCYG6FNya/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=14ebijl8rnpxl

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Bright autumn sunshine in London, perfect for sitting on the dock of the bay, watching the ships coming in, and going out again. ..... .... ... .. . #saveourplanet #otisredding #sittingonthedockofthebay #reevesandmortimer #streetart #streetartnews #woolwichriverside #woolwich #govegan #saatchiart #veganartist #loveisallthereis #elephantman #elephantisuntpersonae #elephantintheroom #streetsculpture #endangeredspecies #endangered #nonhumanrights #nonhumanpersons #eman https://www.instagram.com/p/BqW-3YoFTRw/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=14vz0ae1y4kw5

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And then were three again, this time with added plaque helpfully explaining to modern humans in an ancient language what any thinking person knows to be true: elephants are people. You can now buy on of these plaques from my Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/639517642/elephanti-sunt-personae-plaque?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=elephantman+sculpture&ref=sr_gallery-1-3&organic_search_click=1&frs=1 #bricklane #bricklanemarket #streetart #londoneye #londonstreetart #streetartnews #animalrights #nonhumanrights #elephantman #e.man #shoreditchstreetart #elephantsculpture #elephantmansculpture #elephantisuntpersonae #elephantintheroom #ecocide #loveisallthereis #saveourplanet #saatchiart @brick_lane_art @bricklanevintagemarket @nonhuman.rights.project @nonhumansoflondon @chrispackhamvoice_for_nature https://www.instagram.com/p/BqN-6GCFlAK/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1819w24l01lf5

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BUT! I hear you say, an elephant is not a person because a person is a human! Aha! I say, only recently have we understood a person to be human, a slave was never a 'person', they were classified amongst the furniture in bills of sale back the day, and there were court cases to establish that WOMEN, yes half the population, were persons. Before that they were not persons under the law. In the US a corporation, a sociopathic entity by anyone's estimation is a 'person' under the law, yet it is not human. SO I put it to you, dear recipient of this message, that 'person' is a fluid definition and one which we should broaden to include other beings with whom we share this planet. Personhood confers legal benefits which are not enjoyed by animals at present, they are merely 'things' to be used and abused for 'product'. This is the biggest issue and ongoing horror of our times, yes we need to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, and yes we must stop throwing plastic into our oceans, but these will have scant effect if we ignore the elephant in the room: animal agriculture, the environmental devastation caused by meat, dairy and fishing added to the cruelty on an epic scale, as these sentient beings are turned into 'product' for our consumption. Bring on the Empathy Revolution brothers and sisters! Huzzah! ..... .... ... .. . @nonhuman.rights.project @nonhumansoflondon @conwayhall @deptforddoesart @bowarts @bruceparry.tawai @elephantfamily @animalagricultureclimatechange #woolwich #streetarteverywhere #streetprotest #animalrights @chrispackhamvoice_for_nature #elephantsarepeopletoo #saveouroceans #saveourplanet #elephantman #elephantintheroom🐘 #climatechange #elephantisuntpersonae #protestsigns #woolwichriverside https://www.instagram.com/p/BpX1EEnl5Gq/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1hob8upldj9qu

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Oi! Hey you! Human! Listen up! Elephants are people, get with the programme! All animals are sentient beings and not just things from which you humans make products. Save both yourselves and us and get with the Empathy Revolution! . . . . . #camdenstablesmarket #empathyforanimals #elephantman #elephant #streetart #streetsculpture #guerillasculpture #animalrightsmovement @camdentownlondon @camdenartscentre @camdenbloggers @thecamdeneye #veganartist #vegannights #oi #findtheelephant #elephantsinlondon #elephantisuntpersonae

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Whitstable, well known home of the blue spotted concrete elephant. These normally shy creatures have decided that enough is enough and have come out with their little sign for the humans to read. They've tried telepathy and other esoteric forms of communication, but humans, for all their fancy technology, can't hear these things any more. They wrote it Latin though, but still, nice effort. 'Elephants Are People' the sign says. See? I can translate for you 😌🌱 . . . . . #whitstable #whitstablebeach #northkent #northkentcoast #whitstableharbour #whitstableoystercompany @whitstablebay @whitstabletimes @whitstable.live @whitbien #streetart #guerillasculpture #elephantisuntpersonae #nonhumanrights #streetsculpture #nonhumanpersons #animalrights #veganartist #vegan #elephantman #protestart #writingonthewall

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Drink coffee, watch the world go by, change hearts and minds about the nature o sentience and what constitutes a person. Simple job for a concrete elephant. Nice day for it too 😊🐘🌱 . . . . . #elephantman #chalkfarm #chalkfarmbridge @camdenartscentre @camdenmarketldn @camdenbloggers @camdennews @chalkfarmsg #streetart @tatebritainlondon #tatebritain #elephantisuntpersonae #elephantman #elephantsculpture #animalrights #animaliasuntpersonae #animalrightsmovement #nonhumanrights #artofprotest #artcontemporain #guerillasculpture #chalkfarmstation #primrosehillnews #primrosehill

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Elephanti Sunt Personae. Elephants are people who mourn their dead just like we do, who care for their friends and families, just like we do. They have cultural memory, they may even have stories. We don't know about that yet and it will be a while, I think, before we will be able to properly communicate with them given that so much if their vocal and hearing range is below our ability to hear it. That they can communicate over great distances has been established, quite how they do it and what they say is something else. If they are still around in decades to come we might have the technology to decipher their communication. They might not be around for that long unless we can learn to see them as our equals. Equally deserving of the protection of law, equally deserving of their own territories where they can thrive without interference from us. . . . . . #elephantrights #animalrights #anonymousforthevoiceless #streetart #elephantmural #elephantman #eman #elephantman #elephantgraveyard #elephantisuntpersonae #animaliasuntpersonae #veganartist @in.walthamstow @lbwalthamforest @urbanarts @urbanarttrader @dswt @elephantfamily @elephantmagazine @elephantspage @elephants_of_insta @elephantworld_net @elephantlove.insta @bring_the_elephant_home @wwf_uk @animal_rights_asia @nonhuman.rights.project @nonhumansoflondon @notbanksyforum

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'Turn around Dick Whittington', he was hearing voices in his head at the time but he turned round and eventually the beggar boy became Mayor of London in the 14th century. Folk tales probably. This is an elephant not a cat though it is placed where legendary Dick is supposed to have turned, and changed his life. Listen to that inner voice. . . . . . #whittington #dickwhittington #archway #hollowayroad #highgate #streetarteverywhere #elephant #elephantman #elephantisuntpersonae #elephantintheroom #loveisallthereis @archwaygallery @archwaycakery @highgateart @highgatelondon @officialhollowayroad

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Step right up humans! Here on the gates of Goldsmiths College, a place of learning, I have come to teach! Humans, you must learn to see the animals with whom you share this planet with new eyes, with a new understanding. We are people too! From the fish in the sea to elephants if the Savannah; from the Dolphins imprisoned in the aquariums to the chicken on your plate, we are all people who wanted to live. And you are killing us, humans. Please stop. Please stop. You are killing yourselves too. . . . . . #goldsmiths #newcross #animalrights #elephantisuntpersonae #wearenotthings #nonhumanrights #love #streetsculpture #animaliasuntpersonae #elephantman @kirstenpriebe #elephantsculpture #streetartlondon @streetartnews @street_art_and_graffiti @streetartglobe @hkstreetart @streetviewlondon @streetarttoday @artforum @contemporaryartcollectors

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Right Kiddo, you stare at the humans on the bus and I'll stare at the humans on the street. Stare hard, until they're uncomfortable, don't be shy. We're fighting for our rights remember. . . . . .#deptford #newcross #streetarteverywhere #street_art #streetsculpture #elephantman #elephantsculpture #animalrightsmovement #nonhumanrights #wearenotthings @newcrossvegan @newcrossinn @deptforddoesart #elephantisuntpersonae

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If a visitor from another planet decided to treat us in the same way we treat those we decide are less worthy than humans it wouldn't end well for us. Bring on the empathy revolution! Treat all animals as our equals in value to the ecosystem and we can all thrive. At the moment nearly all the thriving is done by a tiny minority at the expense of our ecosystem, and most of us are helping it to stay that way. Time to step out of that loop and be part of the solution brothers and sisters! Compassion to our fellow earthlings is the first step. Take that step. . . . . @shok_1 @invaderwashere @thebelle17 @in.walthamstow #walthamstow #streetarteverywhere #artofprotest #elephant #streetsculpture #streetart #elephantsculpture #elephantisuntpersonae #concreteelephant #elephantstatue #elephantman @woodstreetwalls @walthamstow_tourist_board @walthamstowlife @walthamstowonline