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Elephants in Samburu National Reserve. [Benard Orwongo, Standard]
Fifteen elephants reported dead in the past month within Amboseli National Park succumbed to cyanide poisoning sprayed on nearby tomato farms, the samples collected by the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) have revealed.
KWS Director General Prof.Erastus Kanga said the laboratory analysis of the samples collected from the carcasses and taken to the government laboratory detected traces of cyanide.
The findings shift focus to the agricultural chemicals that had been sprayed on the nearby tomato farms as the likely cause of the elephants deaths.
