Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Faulty electric fence fails to stop wild elephants


Farmers in Naula Divisional Secretary’s Division in Matale District complained that wild elephants
were encroaching into their villages due to an electric fence that had been installed not
working properly.

Farmers of Moragolla, Ambana Senagama and Opalwala areas said that their cultivations have
been destroyed by the wild elephants that roam about in these areas.

They explained that the fence is operated by a battery which had been stolen by thieves, resulting
in the fence being without electricity and thereby making it useless for stopping wild
elephants from entering their villages.

Ranjith K. Vijitha of the Department of Wild Life in Elahera said that they were taking remedial
measures to rectify the situation.

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