Along the edge of Amboseli National Park, fifteen elephants died within a single month, their bodies carrying traces of cyanide and the remnants of tomatoes grown on neighboring farmland. The deaths have opened an investigation into how a lethal substance entered the borderland between Kenya's agricultural heartland and one of its most vital wildlife reserves. Local farmers, who have long absorbed the costs of living alongside elephants, dispute any connection to their crops — and the unanswered questions reveal something older and more persistent than any single poisoning: the unresolved tens
Kenya farmers deny cyanide role in 15 elephant deaths near Amboseli
Fifteen elephants died from suspected cyanide poisoning, representing a significant loss to Kenya's recovered elephant population of over 36,000.