I do not agree to the head line "domesticated" because there is no such thing as a domesticated elephant..only dogs and cats which have been bred in captivity for a long period are domesticated. All...
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TWO ELEPHANTS INJURED IN LANDMINE BLAST..sad plight
FROM NEWSFIRST April 04, 2011: Two elephants have sustained injuries in between the Seelawathura and Mollikulama areas, after being caught to a landmine. The Vavuniya Wild Life office said that the...
The human-elephant conflict
January 29, 2011 @ 12:01 am THE human-elephant conflict appears to be aggravating daily causing an increasing number of deaths of humans as well as elephants. Regularly we hear of elephants straying...
The Pinnawala Incident-my views
It is reported that one of the bigger male elephants at the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage (PEO) has died due to injuries caused by a mahout. I do not have first-hand information about what has...
” I step out into the world in your comforting protection…”
Last week Dimitri took this wonderful photograph, of a very small baby, gingerly venturing out into the open, in the protection of her gigantic mother....epitomizing the hope that we nurture in our...
Flood-hit Sri Lankan elephant calf found dead in tree
Photo: Kanchana Kumara Ariyadasa An image has emerged from Sri Lanka of a dead elephant calf stuck high in a tree after getting caught up in the country's fast-flowing floods. The animal was found...
Mahatma Gandhi’s Quote On Animals….. a good way to begin 2011 by reflection
"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." - Mahatma Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi [October 2, 1869 – January 30, 1948] was a major...
Elephants are not the only animals who are killed….
Elephant deaths make headlines because of the sheer size and global appeal elephants have. However many other animals, although protected by law, meet an untimely death on a regular basis, but do...
Animal rights-A very relevant extract from an old ( 30 Dec 2001 Sunday Leader) article by Rohan Pethiyagoda…
For a Buddhist country with a value system that recognises animals as equal life forms, we Sri Lankans have a long way to go in the field of animal rights. As this article is about biodiversity, I...
Human Rights…and now Animal Rights?
In spite of repeated calls from renowned elephant scientists such as Dr Preethiviraj, Dr Devaka Weerakoon et.al. that translocation is NOT a solution to the human elephant conflict, the DWLC...