Painting pachyderms

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It's easy for everyone to get in on recycling, even elephants.

With a toss of a phone book, Mayor Bill Bunten kicked off a recycling event at the Topeka Zoo today.

It's called "Even an Elephant Doesn't Forget to Recycle Old Phone Books."

The elephants recycled phone books by creating works of art on them.

Children and their families came out to enjoy the show and all helped recycle old AT&T phone books.

Some of the works of art will be auctioned off at an event tonight.

You can see the elephants and all the other animals at the Topeka Zoo. The zoo's hours and ticket prices are available at Topeka.org/zoo.

Related story: As temperatures rise, zoo animals find ways to chill out


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Aug. 11, 2008 at 10:51 p.m. (Suggest removal)scott_cos (anonymous)

Oh give me a break. That is not elephant art.

Elephants have been painting for many years and their art has gone through several transitions - from abstract to realistic to conceptional and continues to evolve.

When talking about elephant art, please learn something about the training and the actual elephant artists themselves.

You can find a good explanation of pachyderm paintings here: http://anelephantshome.blogspot.com/

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