14 Elephants Found Dead Near Amboseli in Kenya's Worst Mass Mortality Event in Decades

14 Elephants Found Dead Near Amboseli in Kenya's Worst Mass Mortality Event in Decades

Kenya Wildlife Service has launched an urgent investigation after 14 elephants of varying ages and sexes were found dead across a 15–30 km zone near Amboseli National Park. Officials describe it as the region's first mass elephant die-off on this scale in decades. Tissue samples were sent to laboratories to test for disease, poisoning, or another factor, with no single cause yet identified.

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