Tag: Elephants

In the first three months of this year, 19 elephants have died of electrocution.

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa graced the occasion which was marked by a procession of richly caparisoned elephants and colorful dancers

October 31 (Daily News) - Surveys conducted in the country by the Centre for Conservation and Research (CCR) that elephants in Sri Lanka have lost 16% percent of their natural habitat during the past 60 years. This has forced them to expand their territory by 1.5% at present, the CCR stated. “Through interviews with residents of different areas, we have ...

August 29 (AFP) - Sri Lanka will ban the import of most plastic products in a bid to protect wild elephants and deer that die eating the waste, the environment minister announced Friday. Plastic in Sri Lankan landfills is a major killer of elephants, with autopsies showing kilos of it in the stomachs of animals who died after rummaging at ...