(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – A Kenyan elephant, thought to have been Africa’s largest female tusker, has died of old age, wildlife officials have said.
Dida, also known as Queen of Tsavo, was aged between 60 and 65 years, the upper age limit of an elephant in the wild.
The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) hailed her as an “iconic matriarch” of the Tsavo East National Park.
Famed for her long tusks, Dida was a major tourist attraction at the park, the oldest in Kenya.
