更新于：2026年9月21日 / 美国东部时间早上6:33 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/法新社
据坦桑尼亚官方消息，该国联合国教科文组织世界遗产地恩戈罗恩戈罗保护区发生疑似投毒事件，已发现10头狮子死亡。
该野生动物保护区在一份声明中表示：“恩戈罗恩戈罗保护区管理局（NCAA）遗憾地向公众通报，2026年9月18日在恩杜图地区发现10头狮子死亡。”
官方称，初步调查结果显示这些狮子死于“摄入毒药”，同时专家正在开展进一步调查“以确定事件起因并找出责任人”。
恩戈罗恩戈罗长期以来存在官方与当地游牧族群之间的紧张关系。自2022年政府启动驱逐计划以来，冲突有时已造成人员死亡。
坦桑尼亚政府认为，人口增长正在侵占野生动物栖息地：恩戈罗恩戈罗的居住人口已从1959年的约8000人增至10万余人。
根据联合国教科文组织的数据，恩戈罗恩戈罗保护区生活着约2.5万头大型动物，其中包括已知密度最高的狮子种群。
2014年1月19日，一头狮子在坦桑尼亚北部阿鲁沙以西的恩戈罗恩戈罗保护区恩戈罗恩戈罗火山口休憩。莫萨卜·埃尔沙米/美联社
国际自然保护联盟将狮子列为易危物种，并表示其种群数量正在下降。该物种面临的威胁包括栖息地丧失、猎物种群减少以及人兽冲突。
自今年6月以来，坦桑尼亚边境附近肯尼亚安博塞利生态系统至少有20头大象死于疑似农药中毒，尽管官方尚未确定这些死亡是意外还是人为蓄意。
肯尼亚此前曾发生过因偷猎和人兽冲突导致大象被毒杀的事件。但据哥伦比亚广播公司新闻的合作媒体英国广播公司报道，官方表示，此次如此大规模的大象死亡事件是该地区数十年来首次出现。
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Suspected poisoning kills 10 lions at wildlife reserve in Tanzania
Updated on: September 21, 2026 / 6:33 AM EDT / CBS/AFP
Ten lions have been found dead in a suspected poisoning incident at Tanzania’s UNESCO-listed Ngorongoro Conservation Area, according to the authorities.
“The Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority (NCAA) regrets to inform the public that ten (10) lions were found dead on September 18, 2026 in the Ndutu area,” the wildlife reserve said in a statement.
Authorities said preliminary findings suggest that the lions died after “ingesting poison,” adding that an expert investigation was ongoing “to determine the cause of the incident and identify those responsible.”
Ngorongoro has been the scene of long-standing tensions between the authorities and the local nomadic community. Clashes have sometimes turned deadly since the government launched an eviction program in 2022.
The Tanzanian government argues that population growth is encroaching on wildlife habitat, with the number of people living in Ngorongoro rising from about 8,000 in 1959 to more than 100,000.
According to UNESCO, Ngorongoro Conservation Area is home to a population of about 25,000 large animals, including the densest known population of lions.
A lion sleeps in the Ngorongoro Crater in Ngorongoro Conservation Area, west of Arusha, northern Tanzania, Jan. 19, 2014. Mosa’ab Elshamy/AP
The International Union for Conservation of Nature classifies lions as vulnerable and says their numbers are declining. Threats facing the species include habitat loss, declining prey populations and human-wildlife conflict.
Since June, at least 20 elephants have died in Kenya’s Amboseli ecosystem, near the Tanzanian border, from suspected pesticide poisoning, although authorities could not establish whether the deaths were accidental or deliberate.
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.
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