Kenya: Craig the Super Tusker to Live On - KWS Begins Taxidermy Mount for Public Display

Kenya: Craig the Super Tusker to Live On - KWS Begins Taxidermy Mount for Public Display

Nairobi -- The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has begun the taxidermy preservation of Craig, the world-renowned Amboseli National Park super tusker, following his death on January 3 at the age of 54.

Kenya preserves world-famous super tusker elephant Craig after death

‘In recognition of Craig’s extraordinary ecological, scientific and cultural significance, we have initiated a professional taxidermy preservation process,’ says head of Kenya Wildlife Service - Anadolu Ajansı

Why Kenya is preserving the body of super tusker Craig, and what it reveals about the state of Elephant conservation in Africa

Kenya Wildlife Service has begun an unprecedented conservation initiative to preserve the body of Craig, one of Africa’s most iconic elephants, through professional taxidermy. Craig died on January 3 at Amboseli National Park at around 54 years old, leaving behind a legacy that conservationists say symbolizes both decades of wildlife protection work and the challenges […]

Craig the super tusker to live on: KWS begins taxidermy mount for public display

NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 13 — The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has begun the taxidermy preservation of Craig, the world-renowned Amboseli National Park super tusker, following his death on January 3 at the age of 54. The move, KWS said in a statement on Tuesday, aims to conserve Craig’s legacy for education, science and public exhibition. KWS said the meticulous process will preserve Craig’s skin and defining physical features to create a lifelike mo…