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OLDEST ELEPHANT WITH LONGEST TUSKS

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  A 49-year-old elephant that is considered to have the longest tusks among others in the Amboseli ecosystem, grazes with a view of Mount Kilimanjaro in the background at Kimana Sanctuary in Kimana, Kenya, on March , 2021. Copyright: AFP All work on the Kiliavo Fresh was put to stop last year by the order of the national environmental regulator who had suspended its license. The license suspension was a result of concerns raised by residents that the avocado form would interfere with their pastoral livelihood, at the same time, conservationists and landowners complained that it affects the wildlife habitats. It was argued by the conservationists that the farm would make Elephants move in and out of the Amboseli National Park. The decision of the regulatory body was appealed against by the farm. But the case was ruled against Kiliavo on Monday by the National Environmental Tribunal – the special court hearing the appeal – the farm located in Kimana, in Kenya’s south-west near the Am...