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Elephant's paintings - by Novica.com, USA, 2002. More than 50 elephant's paintings may be viewed and purchased online at www.novica.com Deforestation and logging restrictions led to massive unemployment for the elephants, with the result that many simply died of neglect. To draw attention to the crisis and to help raise funds for the elephant sanctuaries, two intrepid artists, Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid, traveled to Asia to teach elephants to paint. By making the elephants and their beautiful art widely accessible to the general public, we hope to help raise awareness, encourage conservation, and generate significant funds to help support the elephant sanctuaries.