Fifteen elephants have been found dead over the past month in one of Kenya's best-known wildlife parks.

Kenya Wildlife Services says the deaths in Amboseli National Park were likely caused by the animals ingesting pesticides used on tomato farms.

It said the fruit was found in the stomachs of several elephants from the same herd, which may have been attracted to unripe plants growing on nearby farms.

Analysis of samples collected from the carcasses had found traces of cyanide, a chemical compound used in farming as a predator control poison.

It has also been used by poachers.