{"id":24147,"date":"2026-01-15T03:19:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T03:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/24147\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T03:19:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T03:19:13","slug":"kenya-wildlife-service-begins-taxidermy-preservation-of-famous-elephant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/24147\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya Wildlife Service begins taxidermy preservation of famous elephant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> (<a style=\"color:black\" href=\"https:\/\/menafn.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MENAFN<\/a>) Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has started a taxidermy preservation process for Craig, the legendary super tusker elephant of Amboseli National Park, who died earlier this month at age 54. The initiative aims to conserve Craig\u2019s skin and unique features to create a lifelike mount for education, scientific research, and public exhibition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn recognition of Craig\u2019s extraordinary ecological, scientific and cultural significance, we have initiated a professional taxidermy preservation process to ensure his legacy endures beyond his lifetime,\u201d said Erustus Kanga, KWS director general. He added that the preserved elephant will provide future generations with a \u201ctangible connection to Kenya\u2019s rich wildlife heritage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Born in 1972, Craig was among Africa\u2019s rare super tuskers, distinguished by tusks weighing roughly 100 pounds each. Over his lifetime in Amboseli National Park, he fathered many calves and became an internationally recognized symbol of African wildlife and long-term conservation efforts.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color:black\" href=\"https:\/\/menafn.com\/1110597116\/Kenya-Wildlife-Service-begins-taxidermy-preservation-of-famous-elephant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>MENAFN14012026000045017281ID1110597116<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p> Legal Disclaimer:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/menafn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MENAFN<\/a> provides the<br \/>\n              information \u201cas is\u201d without warranty of any kind. We do not accept<br \/>\n              any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images,<br \/>\n              videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information<br \/>\n              contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright<br \/>\n              issues related to this article, kindly contact the provider above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(MENAFN) Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has started a taxidermy preservation process for Craig, the legendary super tusker elephant&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24148,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[80],"class_list":{"0":"post-24147","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\/24147","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=24147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}