Image taken from Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) official account on X.<\/p>\n
Nairobi: The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), a state-owned wildlife management body, said on Tuesday that the preservation process for the iconic elephant known as Craig, which died early this month at the age of 54, has begun.<\/p>\n
Renowned for his majestic tusks, each weighing about 45 kg, Craig inhabited Kenya’s Amboseli National Park and was one of the few remaining super tuskers in Africa.<\/p>\n
During his lifetime, Craig fathered many calves, ensuring the continuation of his genetic lineage across generations, and became a global ambassador for Amboseli National Park, embodying the success of sustained protection, monitoring and community partnership, the KWS said.<\/p>\n
“In recognition of Craig’s extraordinary ecological, scientific and cultural significance, KWS has initiated a professional taxidermy preservation process aimed at conserving his physical form for long-term educational, scientific and public exhibition purposes,” the agency said in a statement issued in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital.<\/p>\n
The agency added that the taxidermy process will involve meticulous preservation of Craig’s skin and physical features to create a lifelike mount, enabling future generations to experience the iconic bull elephant and understand the importance of safeguarding Kenya’s wildlife heritage.<\/p>\n
Upon completion, Craig’s taxidermy mount will be housed at a designated facility for public viewing, education, and conservation awareness, the KWS said.<\/p>\n
Erustus Kanga, director general of the KWS, said that Craig’s life exemplified the success of collective conservation efforts spanning decades, which have boosted elephant populations in Kenya.<\/p>\n
“Through taxidermy preservation, we are ensuring that his legacy endures beyond his lifetime, offering future generations a tangible connection to Kenya’s rich wildlife heritage,” Kanga said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image taken from Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) official account on X. Nairobi: The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21026,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[80,1297,1296],"class_list":{"0":"post-21025","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kenya","8":"tag-kenya","9":"tag-qatar","10":"tag-the-peninsula"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}