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"Just a tusker with a tusked friend," he captioned one clip posted on Instagram, which was later deleted from his account after a backlash from Kenyans in the comments.

The tuskers often wander into rural communities alone, which makes them more vulnerable.

Reports said locals living nearby protested its relocation, worried that the tusker could wreak havoc in their settlements.

A Kenyan elephant, thought to have been Africa's largest female tusker, has died of old age, wildlife officials have said.

After a large tusker was electrocuted by low-hanging power lines in December, the herd returned the following day to trample the crops where he’d been buried.