This is very very unusual behaviour. Normally elephants only spar and joist but rarely are their altercations really serious. Daily Mirror . 4th November 2011
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Injured Elephant looked after by villagers
At last a good story!! Daily Mirror 20 June 2011
so now its the killing of leopards..another magnificient animal bites the dust..
Friday, 17 June 2011 16:51 A leopard was found killed by hunters in the Minneriya Forest Reserve. The fifteen year old leopard is believed to be the largest leopard in the area. Two suspects...
Baby elephant drowns in Pinnawela elepahnt orphanage
By Gandhya Senanayake & Karunarathna Athukorala A baby elephant had drowned at the Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage Saturday evening, officials said. It drowned after the foot...
Jumbo runs amok in the suburbs of Colombo
From The Daily Mirror:Wednesday, 11 May 2011 02:49 There was panic for a moment along the main road in Rajagiriya yesterday morning when an elephant ran amok near the Welikada police station after...
Conservation takes a back seat….
WB calls off US $30 million loan for Sri Lanka The Daily Mirror Thursday, 24 March 2011 00:00 Sri Lanka’s ‘environmental sustainability’, the 7th in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) agenda...
Now wild elephants come to vote!!!!
Last week Sri Lanka held a local government election covering many rural districts of the island. A herd of wild elephants is reported to have strayed into the compound of the Ampara Hardy...
Another hurried release…..
Another release (of two elephants this time) was carried out recently. I was made to understand that from former releases,that it was better to release the juveniles in batches, so that they will...
Gruesome deaths….
From The Daily Mirror Thursday 23rd December 2010 Provincial News