By GEORGE SAYAGIEMore by this AuthorInvestigations have been launched into reports of deaths of 26 elephants in the Maasai Mara Game Reserve in the last three months. Although the cause of the deaths remains unknown, a conservation group says 11 of the animals may have been poisoned. According to a report by the Mara Elephant Project (MEP), the deaths of some of the animals in September and November raised concerns among conservationists. Contacted, Narok County KWS Senior Warden Dickson Ritan referred us to the organisation’s spokesperson in Nairobi. Maasai Mara senior game warden Moses Kuyioni dismissed the report and questioned the reason MEP released it.

Source: Daily Nation December 19, 2018 21:53 UTC