An urgent investigation has been launched into the mysterious deaths of 15 elephants in southern Kenya near the Amboseli National Park. The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) told the BBC that experts were examining the carcasses and said that tissue samples had been sent to laboratories to determine whether the deaths were caused by disease, poisoning or another factor. The carcasses include elephants of different ages and sexes, suggesting the deaths are not limited to a single family or demographic. The wildlife authorities also confirmed to the BBC all the deaths had been recorded outside the Amboseli National Park. According to figures from the Amboseli Trust for Elephants, which monitors the movements of the animals, there were more than 2,000 elephants in the Amboseli ecosystem as of 2025.