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‘Extraordinary’ elephant that survived poaching dies in drought-hit Kenya
NAIROBI: An “extraordinary and resilient” African elephant who defied all odds to give birth despite being shot five times by poachers has died in Kenya’s drought-ravaged north, conservationists said on Thursday.“Monsoon” was euthanised by veterinarians after collapsing several times in poor health in Samburu, an arid expanse that like most of northern Kenya is suffering the driest conditions in 40 years.The great matriarch was believed to be in her mid-60s, at the upper reaches of life expectancy for an elephant in the wild.“It’s estimated her ill health was brought on by old age and exacerbated by the drought,“ read a statement from Save the Elephants, a Kenya-based wildlife conservation g

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