We are killing the very goose that lays the golden egg: our natural environment and its resources, by our short-sighted actions, warns Dr. Sriyanie Miththapala. In the last few weeks, the in...
Rambo, Hale and Hearty at Uda Walawe
I had the good fortune of being invited by Mahoora Tented Safari Camps to visit them at their Uda Walawe camp site recently. I had not seen their operations after they were forced to relocate...
A unique, ‘elephantine’ experience in downtown Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
Returning home on Sunday late in the morning along the High Level road, I noticed that there was elephant dung on the side of the road and I surmised that there was a tame elephant walking along the...
Return of Rambo
The full unedited version of the Sunday Times article on 8th Sept 2013 - Finding Rambo Having kept daily contact with the Uda Walawe National Park, and with no news about Rambo, hope seemed to be...
Sri Lanka to build more elephant conservation centers
Colombo - Xinhua Wednesday, 16 November 2011 12:07 GMT Sri Lanka has started to build four elephant conservation centers to end the ongoing human- elephant conflicts, the country's Wildlife...
A wild Elephant At Cricket!
A unique photo taken by Dimitri two days ago at Lahugala National park ( in the south-eastern part of Sri Lanka) where a bemused wild elephant watches a game of cricket being played by off-duty Army...
The Gathering – Hot Off The Press
some photos taken by Dimitri at Minneriya National Park, last week, where the 'Gathering' is in full swing....
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...
The ‘Find Raja Project’ – A wrap up and brief look back
This article appeared sometime aqo in the Sunday Times The initial idea for this endeavour came to me in September last year, when I was talking to my one- time colleague, and now an...
Uda Walawe 23/24 th June
Was at UWNP last few days...Very good sightings..heres a sample of a really big bull by the electric fence...