A wave of elephant deaths in Kenya has been blamed on pesticides, but experts…

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Reporting from BBC, The Guardian, and DW shows Kenyan wildlife officials linked 15 elephant deaths near Amboseli to cyanide-containing pesticides on nearby tomato farms, while conservationists and other experts questioned whether that explanation fully fit the evidence. The specific claim that the deaths were blamed on pesticides and that experts were doubtful is supported.