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The Mombasa Tusks, also referred to as Mapembe ya Ndovu or Mapembeni [1] or Pembe za Ndovu (Swahili for elephant tusks), [2] form a monument over Moi Avenue, a major thoroughfare in Mombasa, Kenya. Built in the 1950s to commemorate visits by the British royal family, the monument originally comprised two wooden structures resembling tusks ...
Little is known about Ahmed the elephant's early life, but he gained his reputation in the 1960s after being spotted by hikers in the Northern Kenya mountains. Known as “The King Of Marsabit,” spotters claimed Ahmed’s tusks were so large they scraped the ground. The legend took hold across Kenya.
An elephant skull with tusk removed by poachers near Voi, Taita-Taveta District. Although elephant hunting has been banned for more than 40 years in Kenya, poaching has not been eradicated completely given the poverty of many Kenyans and the high value of elephant tusks. Tusks traditionally were shipped overseas and sold on the black market. [21]
Kenyan wildlife officials plan to burn 105 tons of ivory at the end of April in a move they say will protect elephants.
A stack of elephant tusks burning in Kenya in April 2016. The destruction of ivory is a technique used by governments and conservation groups to deter the poaching of elephants for their tusks and to suppress the illegal ivory trade.
The analysis was used to identify tusks of elephants that were close relatives – parents and offspring, full siblings and half-siblings. DNA testing of elephant ivory reveals tactics of criminal ...
Traditionally, male and female African elephants possess tusks, while only some male Asian elephants have prominent tusks. Smaller tusks can be found in both female and male Asian elephants.
Moi Avenue is known for the Mombasa tusks, two pairs of giant aluminium elephant tusks crossing the dual carriageway. The tusks were commissioned in commemoration of a visit to Mombasa by Queen Elizabeth in 1952 and have remained since that time. Initially the lower part of the tusks were illegally used for advertisement but after the city ...