Elephant suffering from gunshot wound found dead

An elephant that had been wandering near Girithale Tank in Polonnaruwa with a severe gunshot wound has died this morning (31).

Veterinary surgeons of Girithale wildlife office had, reportedly, treated the wounded elephant on several occasions.

However, the elephant had succumbed to injuries early this morning.

The deceased elephant is approximately thirty years of age and eight feet in height.

The postmortem examination of the elephant is to be conducted today (31).

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* 82 wild elephants killed in Sri Lanka from Jan to March this year

Apr 25 (Bernama) A total of 82 wild elephants have been killed in the human-elephant conflict in Sri Lanka during the first quarter of this year, according to an official here, reported Xinhua news agency.


Director General of the Sri Lankan Wildlife Conservation Department, M.G.C. Sooriyabandara told Xinhua that the elephants had been killed by gunshot injuries in most cases.

He said the most number of elephant deaths were reported from the eastern part of the country. Sri Lanka boasts of 6,000 wild elephants according to the census conducted in 2012.

The Director General said his office would conduct another survey this year. Last year, as many as 256 elephants were killed in the wild.


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