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Background

Jungle City was created by animal conservation charity: Elephant Family. Over the past seven years,

this organisation has brought creativity and enjoyment of public art to millions of people across

Ireland and the UK through high profile and colourful events.

Working with host partners, artists, communities and schools together with public and private sector

organisations, we create mass participation exhibitions that animate cities and towns and generate

huge visitor numbers and media coverage.

Through inspiring partnerships, our events bring immense pride to communities while offering

extraordinary social and economic benefits as thousands of residents and tourists alike discover the

wonderful world of conservation and creativity in a truly memorable shared experience.

Previous events include:

www.thesurvivaltour.org

www.elephantparadelondon.org

www.jungle-city.org

Previous events 2007-2010

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The Concept

'Jungle City' is a large scale outdoor art exhibition that will see 30 brightly painted, life sized animal

sculptures installed in every nook and cranny around Clonakilty, West Cork. A ‘safari trail’ will be

created for children and visitors to follow, to discover each animal as they walk around the town.

This event will serve Clonakilty as a major tourist attraction, boosting visitor numbers in the area.

Park benches, fountains, pavements and traffic lights will become perches, watering holes, hunting

and grazing grounds. Hornbills will perch on lampposts, tourists will be stalked by stealthy tigers and

Spillers Lane will shake under the weight of stampeding elephants! Scores of beautiful animals , all of

them endangered, will transform Clonakilty in a jungle.

The sculptures are free, all weather visitor attraction for Clonakilty. Each sculpture has been

decorated by a different West Cork or international artist. This is a family friendly concept that

children absolutely love!

The concept piloted during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival last year, where one host location recorded

a 66% increase in visitors. There are all kinds of fun elements to this concept which include a pop-up

shop where blank miniature animals can be decorated by families, safari trails, route maps, and

talking animals via a downloadable app that will really bring it to life.

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Why Clonakilty?

Clonakilty has been working with ‘Elephant Family’ for the past five years. In this time it has helped

to raise many thousands of euros to save the disappearing habitat of the Asian elephant.

In 2008 the entire community came together to create ‘The Survival Tour’ which involved a herd of

13 life sized elephants which migrated across parks and festivals in the UK and Ireland for three

months. The event raised €500,000.

Together, the people of Clonakilty have helped to save a vital patch of wildlife habitat in Kerala,

Southern India which is home to the world’s largest population of Asian elephants on the planet.

Their contribution is recognized on a plaque in the middle of the jungle in Southern India, along with

partners Dublin Zoo and Fota Wildlife Park.

Unveiling of a statue in Kerala, Southern India on which

the community of Clonakilty is thanked for their efforts

to save the disappearing habitat of the Asian elephant.

By saving the forest home of the Asian elephant,

Clonakilty is helping to save many more animals

including tigers, orangutans and exotic birds who share

the same forests.

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Supporters

The project is costing €130,000. The majority of funding is coming from The West Cork Development

Partnership. Other major backers include the Town Council, the Clonakilty Chamber of Commerce

and Cork County Council.

30 businesses are also sponsoring the concept, which include:

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Pre-launch Images

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