Dida, also known as Queen of Tsavo, was aged between 60 and 65 years, the upper age limit of an elephant in the wild. The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) hailed her as an "iconic matriarch" of the ...

"Dida the matriarch died naturally of old age." In a region where elephants were once poached almost to extinction, an elephant living beyond the age of 50 years is a rare feat. "To us allowing an ...