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Elephant with biggest tusk in Africa dies at Amboseli National Park

Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has moved the body of one of Africa’s last giant ‘tusker’ elephant which died from Amboseli National Park for preservation at the National Museum.

Popularly known as Big Tim, the elephant roamed the wilderness in Southern Kenya for 50 years before dying on Tuesday morning in Mada area of Amboseli National Park.

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