tusker

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Visuals of Arikoban's latest capture raised concerns about the number of times the tusker had been tranquilised and the injuries the animal had suffered as he was transported by officials in an open truck.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2023

“This is a big tusker, a male elephant that we’re planning to collar,” Shanmugavelu said.

From Scientific American • Sep. 23, 2020

Satao II was believed to be around fifty years old; he was named after Kenya’s greatest tusker, Satao, who was killed by poachers in 2014.

From The New Yorker • May 2, 2017

With elephant numbers in free-fall in many places, losing even one big tusker is damaging to a herd.

From National Geographic • Oct. 17, 2015

I could have finished off the tusker at my ease as he lay on the ground, had it not been for my loyal obedience to the regulations.

From Life in an Indian Outpost by Casserly, Gordon