Mon, Nov 21, 2011, 09:33 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Nov 21, Colombo: Sri Lanka Wildlife authorities claim that they have observed a rare female elephant with tusks...
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...
DOLE withdraws from somawathiya..the efforts of many has paid off
DAILY NEWSPriyanka KURUGALA Let’s Grow, a subsidiary of the Company DOLE of the USA, which has been carrying out a banana cultivation project utilizing 11,600 acres of the Somawathi National Park,...
Another elephant bites the dust…
As reported by (AP/Chamila Karunarathne) A wild elephant, was shot and seriously wounded allegedly by farmers. It is lying in a paddy field at Palugaswewa, some 220 kilometers (136 miles) from...
The fall of the Tusker
14th Sunday 2011 Extracts from a talk on ‘The Future of the Tuskers in Sri Lanka’ by Srilal Miththapala at the Sustainable BioDiversity and Economic Development Conference held...
Census on elephants in Sri Lanka to also identify baby elephants for religious processions
Mon, Aug 8, 2011, 10:12 am SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. A Sri Lankan government minister says that calf elephants suitable for religious pageants (Peraheras) will be identified during...
The removal of buffer zones around national parks..
Fri, Jul 1, 2011, 08:42 am SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. July 01, Colombo: Environmentalists in Sri Lanka have raised concerns over the government's decision to remove the buffer...
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...
Actor Ben Cross not happy with Pinnawela Orphange
Mr. Cross gets cross at Pinnawala Monday, 13 June 2011 00:00 Daily MirrorBritish actor Ben Cross complains of harassment while visiting Pinnawela By Susitha R. Fernando While the government is...