Farewell to Dida, the oldest elephant in Africa: she was almost 65 years old

Farewell to Dida, the elephant, indeed the oldest elephant in Kenya.

The announcement was made by the rangers of the Kenya Wildlife Service , who underline the venerable age at which the animal has arrived: almost 65 years.

"Dida - explains a note from the Kenyan rangers - was truly an iconic matriarch of our park, perhaps the oldest female tusker (elephants with large tusks, ed) of Africa. For this reason she was the subject of several documentaries and those who they got to know her through photos and videos, as well as those who had the exquisite pleasure of meeting her in person, will remember her ".

The KWS reports that Dida died of natural causes , but his fate is unfortunately lucky: the "tusker" elephants - in fact - are those most at risk of poaching.

In 2014 the most famous "big fangs", Satao, was killed by poachers in Kenya with a poisoned arrow, causing worldwide outrage.

(Unioneonline / lf)