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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Kenya says 15 elephants died of cyanide poisoning after eating tomatoes from nearby farms

Kenya Elephants - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Fifteen elephants that died over the past month in southern Kenya are suspected to have been poisoned by tomatoes contaminated by cyanide, wildlife authorities told local media Wednesday.

Authorities did not say who they suspected in the contamination of tomatoes from farms neighboring the Amboseli National Park. In the past farmers have been suspected of deliberately poisoning elephants to prevent them from eating crops.

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