Mystery as fifteen elephants drop dead after eating tomatoes from nearby farms
- Fifteen elephants have died of suspected cyanide poisoning in Kenya’s Amboseli National Park after eating tomatoes from nearby farms.
- An investigation is ongoing into how the toxic substance found its way to an ecosystem where wild and domestic animals coexist alongside agricultural land.
- However, local growers are disputing claims that their produce is responsible for the deaths.
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- Fifteen elephants have died of suspected cyanide poisoning in Kenya’s Amboseli National Park after eating tomatoes from nearby farms.
- An investigation is ongoing into how the toxic substance found its way to an ecosystem where wild and domestic animals coexist alongside agricultural land.
- However, local growers are disputing claims that their produce is responsible for the deaths.
Sources: The Independent