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Disease or Poison? In Southern Kenya, a Mysterious Illness Continues to Kill Elephants.
At least 19 elephants have died since June, while wildlife officials and local experts dispute whether cyanide or another cause is responsible.
- On Wednesday, rangers in the Kimana reserve observed fresh carcasses marking the latest losses in a mysterious ailment affecting at least 19 elephants in southern Kenya since June.
- The Kenya Wildlife Service suspected cyanide poisoning from farm pesticides in late July, yet local experts dismiss this theory because scavengers feeding on carcasses have not perished.
- Vets administered glucose to an 11-year-old male elephant named Genghis Khan, who struggled to breathe; Patrick Papatiti, head of operations for Olgulului communal lands, insisted "It's a disease."
- On August 7, the KWS stated their "findings to date do not indicate an infectious or transmissible disease," while conservationist Paula Kahumbu of Wildlife Direct noted the "lack of evidence" for poisoning.
- Papatiti fears the death toll is underestimated and may extend into neighboring Tanzania, threatening Amboseli's elephant herds, a critical revenue source for Kenya's tourism industry.
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Worries grow over mysterious illness killing Kenyan elephants
Worries over the death of elephants are mounting in southern Kenya, where at least 19 animals have died since June from an unexplained condition. With symptoms including partial paralysis, conservationists and communities are demanding urgent investigations into what is killing the elephants.
·Pointe-Noire, Congo (the)
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