Cyanide in tomato pesticide killed 15 elephants, Kenyan officials suspect

The development

Foul play is ruled out in the record number of elephant deaths for decades in this area of southern Kenya

What shifts

For those following cyanide, tomato, pesticide, killed, elephants, this report from BBC introduces a variable that could shift existing calculations.

The wider picture

BBC notes that this did not emerge in isolation; pressures have been building around cyanide.

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The editorial line

Signal Ledger reads this through the lens of cyanide, tomato, pesticide, killed, elephants: Foul play is ruled out in the record number of elephant deaths for decades in this area of southern Kenya.