Rambo the elephant of Uda Walawe National park being tormented by a drunk man who scaled the protective electric fence and taunts the elephant. After a while Rambo loses his patience and attacks the...
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Off Season for Rambo, the Uda Walawe Elephant?
For the past one week, Rambo the famous Uda Walawe elephant has been missing from his favourite haunt of the Uda Walawe reservoir bund. Rambo is well known for his antics, standing behind the...
Beware of elephants crossing!
Sri Lanka is perhaps one of the few places in the world that one can see such 'beware of wild elephants crossing ' signs... This was taken yesterday between Karuwalagaswewe and Thabbowa, close to...
Law Of The Wild says kill only for food or protection
Photographer Michel Denis-Huot, on safari in Kenya's Masai Mara in October 2010, was astounded by what he saw. "These three cheetah brothers had been living together since they left their mother at...
some photos of the Thimbiriyamankada bungalow
Thimbiryamankada bungalow is one of 5 circuit bungalows available within the Uda Walawe national Park. It is a wooden structure with a large viewing deck with an almost 300 Degree view of the edge...
The ‘Gathering’ at Minneriya gets top billing world-wide
Gehan & Srilal's dream comes true It was about 5 years ago that Gehan de S Wijeratne ( formerly of Jetwing Group) and Srilal Miththapala ( formerly of Serendib Leisure) two senior tourism...
Injured Elephant looked after by villagers
At last a good story!! Daily Mirror 20 June 2011
The killing fields …3 elephants killed in a collision with a train
From Gold FM newsSaturday, 18 June 2011 - 08:12 AM The Police Headquarters announced that three elephants have died after being knocked down by a train near the Mee Oya Bridge in...
Another Leopard killed in a snare
A REPORT SENT IN BY Janaka Gallangoda Another sad day for wildlife enthusiasts as another leopard snared to death at Nuwara Eliya on 13th May 2011. This is the 6th known leopard died in recent...
Colour of development – A new species of Pelican?
This pelican was captured on camera by Spencer Manuelpillai near the Rajagiriya canal , in the suburbs of Colombo. It has been polluted by nearby establishments and residents to the point that...
Is Walawe Raja still alive?
Full article in todays Sunday Times....http://www.sundaytimes.lk/110515/Plus/plus_19.html
The now defuct World Bank project on conservation- a very informative newspaper article re this..
A good over view and what happened to the project eventually...
