Nairobi. Fifteen elephants died in Kenya's Amboseli ecosystem between June 24 and July 24, with preliminary tests detecting a possible toxic substance in samples from several animals, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said in a statement issued late on Tuesday.
The wider Amboseli ecosystem includes the national park and surrounding community land in southern Kenya near the Tanzanian border. It provides habitat and migration routes for elephants and other wildlife beneath Mount Kilimanjaro.
KWS said 10 elephants showed similar symptoms, including partial paralysis that left them unable to stand before dying within one or two days.
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