{"id":21530,"date":"2026-01-13T21:01:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T21:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/21530\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T21:01:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T21:01:17","slug":"conservation-icon-craig-kenya-seeks-to-bring-back-to-life-deceased-elephants-glory-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/21530\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservation icon Craig: Kenya seeks to bring back to life deceased elephant&#8217;s glory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"MsoNormal\">Once completed, Craig\u2019s taxidermy mount will be opened for public viewing, education and conservation awareness.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"MsoNormal\">Craig was a big draw to tourists and conservationists working to protect elephants from poachers and other threats. He fathered numerous calves, ensuring the continuation of his genetic lineage across generations, KWS said.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"MsoNormal\">\u2018Legacy endures\u2019<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cThrough taxidermy preservation, we are ensuring that his legacy endures beyond his lifetime, offering future generations a tangible connection to Kenya\u2019s rich wildlife heritage,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"MsoNormal\">Kenya\u2019s national parks and reserves are home to a variety of wildlife species and attract millions of visitors annually, making the country a tourism hotspot.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"MsoNormal\">The elephant population has grown from 36,280 in 2021 to 42,072 in 2025, the latest official figures show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Once completed, Craig\u2019s taxidermy mount will be opened for public viewing, education and conservation awareness. Craig was a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21404,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[80],"class_list":{"0":"post-21530","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kenya","8":"tag-kenya"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21530","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=21530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}