Kenya’s biggest elephant killed by poachers
Paula Kahumbu, The Guardian
June 13, 2014
It is 4 am and I have been sitting at my computer for hours. I just can’t sleep after hearing the terrible news that Satao, the world’s biggest elephant, is dead.
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