The Last Giant: Craig’s death and the future of elephant conservation in a warming Africa

 

(Posted 06th January 2026)

 

Kizito Makoye, Down To Earth (India), January 5, 2026
Before dawn broke over the tawny plains where Amboseli’s elephants gather each morning, an eerie silence settled across the park’s thorny swamps. Rangers from the Kenya Wildlife Service had spent a sleepless night watching a moribund lone elephant, its massive body gaunt and strained, breathing shallowly under the burden of its own weight.
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