The statue dubbed Tuska, by English artist Terry Matthews, stands looking skyward with trunk raised high. It is 19 feet, 1 inch (5.8 meters) from the base to the tip of its trunk.

It’s 21 years old, has four legs, two tusks, a trunk and could soon reside outside Bryant-Denny Stadium. The wait for a live elephant mascot will continue so a bronze version will have to suffice.