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World's most endangered animals light up New York's Empire State Building

World's most endangered animals light up New York's Empire State Building

By :  DC Correspondent
Update: 2015-08-03 06:58 GMT
The Empire State Building broadcast images of endangered animals to New Yorkers on Saturday in a video projection said to be the first-of-its-kind. (AP)
Will this candle-sparkling change, inspire people to take action for endangered species?
The union of art and activism on Empire State building has surely caught the attention of viewers world wide.
The event was designed to draw attention to the plights of different varieties of endangered animals, including primates and marine creatures.
It is not known how many people saw the display, which was clearly visible from many streets and intersections in New York.
Two filmmakers projected these digital images of endangered species onto the building Saturday night to raise awareness and provide footage for the upcoming film "Racing Extinction."
The images were put up over 33 floors of the building for three hours using 40 projectors stacked together at a rooftop two blocks away. 
In total 160 species of endangered animals including birds, tigers, leopards and bears were shown at the event, which was meant to spark conversations about mass extinction. 
This beautiful and moving tribute is in the wake of well-known lion Cecil's death in Zimbabwe.
At one point an image of Cecil the Lion, whose death at the hands of an American hunter last month caused international outrage, was broadcast in a picture more than 350 feet tall and 180 feet wide.
World's most endangered animals light up New York's Empire State Building

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