While the Dept of wild life conservation ( DWLC) continues to bask in their new found and much-maligned wild elephant population , the sad destruction of wild elephants goes on unabated. How many...
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Questions for the Dept. of Wild life re the elephant census….
1. Was this project a ‘census’ or a ‘population estimate’? There appears to be some confusion about the very focus and objective of the programme. Some officials at the DWLC have conceded to me (...
the results of the infamous wild elephant census out in record two weeks!!!
As expected the so -called much maligned and flawed 'census' by the DWLC has already revealed that the 'wild elephant population in Sri Lanka is thriving and healthy'! It has already hit the...
A visit to Horton Plains….
Most often my sojourns into the Wild Life Parks of Sri Lanka are normally centered around elephants, my pet subject. Recently however I decided to give wild elephants a break, and took time...
Good News! No more translocations of wild elephants?
This is indeed very good news….. if one can take the DWLC seriously. Elephant enthusiasts, scientists and researchers have all been of the unanimous view that translocation of...
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...
Field trip 4th/5th November 2010
The field trip was a grueling, exhausting, productive, frustrating and eventful one ..all rolled up in one !!! The main objective of the trip was to meet up with a senior ranger of the Dept. of wild...
Sumedha Video
Hello Folks! No further news re. Raja. We are awaiting a meeting with the Director Dept. of Wild Life before starting off in earnest next week. We will need the DWLC’s ‘blessings’ and support, even...