2026年7月28日 / 美国东部时间下午5:19 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/美联社报道
野生动物官员周二表示，过去一个月内肯尼亚安博塞利国家公园共有15头大象死亡，目前已启动调查。
肯尼亚野生动物管理局表示，其中10头厚皮动物在死亡前出现部分瘫痪迹象，且在两天内相继死亡；其余5头被发现时已经死亡，尸体部分被食腐动物啃食。
死者大多为雌性大象及其幼崽，仅遇难者中有一头雄性大象。该局称，死亡事件发生在公园周边的基马纳保护区和库库牧场区域。
据哥伦比亚广播公司新闻的合作媒体英国广播公司新闻报道，肯尼亚此前曾发生过因偷猎和人兽冲突导致大象中毒的事件，但官员们表示，此次是该地区数十年来首次出现如此大规模的大象死亡事件。
英国广播公司新闻报道称，肯尼亚野生动物管理局表示目前尚无证据指向单一死亡原因。
内罗毕大学实验室对从大象身上采集的样本进行的初步检测发现了一种“潜在有毒物质”，但肯尼亚政府化验师针对相关毒素进行的独立分析结果为阴性。肯尼亚野生动物管理局表示，进一步检测正在进行中。
肯尼亚野生动物管理局在一份声明中称：“我们也正在开展环境调查，包括对受影响区域内的水源和其他潜在环境污染物进行分析，以确定大象是否接触了共同的污染源。”
官员们试图安抚公众，表示没有证据表明这种病症可以传染给人类。
安博塞利国家公园位于坦桑尼亚边境附近，乞力马扎罗山西北麓。据英国广播公司新闻报道，截至2025年，安博塞利生态系统内的大象数量超过2000头。
Kenya investigates deaths of 15 elephants in Amboseli National Park
July 28, 2026 / 5:19 PM EDT / CBS/AP
The deaths of 15 elephants over the past month in Kenya’s Amboseli National Park have sparked an investigation, wildlife officials said Tuesday.
The Kenya Wildlife Service said 10 of the pachyderms showed signs of partial paralysis before dying within two days, while the remaining five were found dead, with their carcasses partially consumed by scavengers.
Most of those affected were female elephants and their calves, with only one male among the dead. The deaths happened in the Kimana Sanctuary and Kuku Ranch areas surrounding the park, the authority said.
Kenya has previously recorded incidents of elephants being poisoned as a result of poaching and human-wildlife conflict. But officials say it’s the first time in decades the region has recorded elephant deaths on this scale, according to CBS News’ partner network BBC News.
KWS said there was currently no evidence pointing to a single cause of death, BBC News reported.
Preliminary tests on samples collected from the elephants by a laboratory at the University of Nairobi detected a “potential toxic substance,” while separate analyses by Kenya’s Government Chemist were negative for the toxins tested. KWS said further tests are underway.
“Environmental investigations are also being undertaken, including the analysis of water sources and other potential environmental contaminants within the affected areas, to establish whether the elephants were exposed to a common source,” KWS said in a statement.
Officials sought to reassure the public, saying there was no evidence the condition could be transmitted to humans.
The Amboseli National Park is located near the Tanzania border at the northwestern foot of Mount Kilimanjaro. There were more than 2,000 elephants in the Amboseli ecosystem as of 2025, according to BBC News.
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