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Four arrested over suspected poisoning of elephants in Kenya

Four arrested over suspected poisoning of elephants in Kenya

By GhanaSummary NewsroomPan-Africa

Tomato farms are found in the Kimana area, which is part of a corridor between Amboseli National Park and the Tsavo National Park in southern Kenya.

Pesticides prohibited in Kenya are sometimes smuggled across this porous border with Tanzania and used in farms within the Amboseli area, where elephants live near human settlements and are known to raid farms for food.

Three Kenyans and one Tanzanian have been detained on suspicion of poisoning at least 18 elephants in the Amboseli National Park, the Kenya Wildlife Service told the BBC.

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