Elephants that died in Kenya likely poisoned by cyanide-tainted tomatoes

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. The Kenya Wildlife Service warned that the contamination could have wider consequences because livestock also graze in the area. "Other than the elephants and the wildlife that may be feeding in those fields, we have the local livestock. Kenya has previously recorded incidents of elephants being poisoned as a result of poaching and human-wildlife conflict.