Like creatures from ancient times, Africa’s last great-tusked elephants are roaming a vast wilderness in Kenya, fighting a global epidemic of ivory poaching. judgment.

Working with the NGO Tsavo Trust and the Kenya Wildlife Service, photographer Will Burrard-Lucas spent months photographing these rare animals.

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F_MU1, a large tusked elephant lived a peaceful life in a quiet corner of Tsavo (Kenya) for over 60 years.
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A herd of elephants crosses the Galana River in Tsavo East, Kenya
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A leader elephant with his family. Tsavo in Kenya is home to some of the last large-tusked elephants left on earth – Each tusk weighs more than 45kg
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A small elephant walks in the shadow of its mother. Experts believe there are fewer than 20 great-tusked elephants left and nearly half of them are in Tsavo.
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LU1, an adult male elephant with long tusks and weighing more than 59kg (130lbs). Large-tusked elephants live in remote, inaccessible areas and are rarely photographed.
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WS1, another adult male elephant was photographed at dusk.
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A few years ago, WS1 was almost killed by a poisoned arrow.
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Luckily, WS1 was found and treated by the Kenya Wildlife Service
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F_MU1 had a lifespan of over 60 years old. This female elephant died of natural causes shortly after this photo was taken
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To ensure the security of the elephants in the location where they were found, code names were used
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F_MU1 walks with the herd
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F_MU1 and “family” at a puddle
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Few people outside the Tsavo region know of the existence of F_MU1
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This is one of the last images taken of F_MU1. It was lucky to survive the “flourishing” period of poaching.
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Many conservationists consider it a victory that its life was not ended prematurely by a bullet or poisoning.