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Like creatures from ancient times, Africa’s last great-tusked elephants are roaming a vast wilderness in Kenya, fighting a global epidemic of ivory poaching. judgment.
Working with the NGO Tsavo Trust and the Kenya Wildlife Service, photographer Will Burrard-Lucas spent months photographing these rare animals.
F_MU1, a large tusked elephant lived a peaceful life in a quiet corner of Tsavo (Kenya) for over 60 years.A herd of elephants crosses the Galana River in Tsavo East, KenyaA leader elephant with his family. Tsavo in Kenya is home to some of the last large-tusked elephants left on earth – Each tusk weighs more than 45kgA small elephant walks in the shadow of its mother. Experts believe there are fewer than 20 great-tusked elephants left and nearly half of them are in Tsavo.LU1, an adult male elephant with long tusks and weighing more than 59kg (130lbs). Large-tusked elephants live in remote, inaccessible areas and are rarely photographed.WS1, another adult male elephant was photographed at dusk.A few years ago, WS1 was almost killed by a poisoned arrow.Luckily, WS1 was found and treated by the Kenya Wildlife ServiceF_MU1 had a lifespan of over 60 years old. This female elephant died of natural causes shortly after this photo was takenTo ensure the security of the elephants in the location where they were found, code names were usedF_MU1 walks with the herdF_MU1 and “family” at a puddleFew people outside the Tsavo region know of the existence of F_MU1This is one of the last images taken of F_MU1. It was lucky to survive the “flourishing” period of poaching.Many conservationists consider it a victory that its life was not ended prematurely by a bullet or poisoning.
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