A 50-year-old ‘giant tusker’ elephant was killed by poachers in Kenya, leaving only 25 surviving in the wild. WILDLIFE RANGERS IN ZIMBABWE KILL 3 SUSPECTED POACHERSConservationists believe that Satao II’s cause of death was a poisoned arrow, but this has not yet been confirmed. HOW TECHNOLOGY IS HELPING CATCH NIGHTTIME POACHERS IN AFRICA“I’m pretty gutted really,” Richard Moller of the Tsavo Trust told AFP. Of the 25 ‘giant tusker’ elephants left in the world, 15 of them reside in Kenya, which is a “poaching hotspot” according to the trust. The Tsavo Trust will continue its fight against poaching and to protect the friendly giants Moller calls “icons” and “ambassadors for elephants.”

Source: Fox News March 07, 2017 18:00 UTC