Gagani Weerakoon, Sri Lanka
May 11, 2007
The argument for and increasingly against domesticating elephants as a solution to the human-elephant conflict facing the country, has reached dizzy heights today. The glaring examples direct a very definitive finger of accusation against the authorities
The recent case of an elephant ‘allegedly’ captured by Wildlife Conservation Department (DWLC) officials-who later attempted to convince the Environment Minister to ceremoniously hand it over to Dalada Maligawa (Temple of Tooth Relic), is fighting for its life after being chained at an estate in Mawanella for weeks.
According to environmentalists, this is the first case reported of an elephant being injured of chain cuts to its bones. The 45-year bull elephant, which was captured at Dahaiyagala area in the last week of March, was kept chained for more than a month in the Mawanella estate.
According to the sources, the elephant was suffering from chain cuts in all four legs out of which the injuries on the left rear leg is the worst.
A senior environmentalist charged that the elephant was so badly injured since it was inhumanly chained for weeks without receiving the proper attention.
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