The decision to visit the park was made spontaneously without much planning. Since I had not been to the Uda Walawe National Park (UWNP) for a few months, on the spur of the moment I thought of...
Uda Walawe National
‘Edward’ the resident wild boar at one of the Bugalows at Uda Walawe National Park
Edward is a big wild boar who frequents the Thimbiriyamankada Bungalow, situated inside the Uda Walawe National Park . He has got somewhat acclimatized to people and turn up usually at dinner...
Is ‘Walawe Raja’, the icon of Uda Walawe National Park, still alive?
There have been numerous inquiries through Sri Lanka Elephant Web Page (http://www.srilankaelephant.com) and the Sri Lanka Elephant Facebook group (http://www.facebook.com/SriLankaElephant), as well...
More news re burnt carcass of elephant near Uda Walawe National park
Dr Thataka Prasad writes: "PM has being done by Dr B.V.P.Perera the wildlife veterinarian at elephant transit home Udawalawe. burning was done by Gramasevaka after completion of all investigations ....
Dr Tharaka Prasad of the Dept of Wild Life comments re the burning of the elephant carcass near Uda Walawe National Park (see story in seperate post )
Thank you Dr Tharaka for clarifying that the carcass was burnt AFTER the post mortem. The information received by me was to the contrary..... Tharaka Prasad comments: just for update your knowledge...
Another suspicious death ….
Another tragic death is reported from the Gomagala/ Hambegamuwa area ( east of the Uda Walawe National park). The carcass of a a mature bull elephant has been hastily set on fire, raising...
Is Walawe Raja ( wherever he may be ) growing back his broken left tusk?
While studying old photographs of Raja I came across an interesting observation where it appears that his broken tusk seems to be longer in more recent photographs. Ashoka, my friend and colleague (...