Wild elephants cause damage to paddy fields

A herd of wild elephants that raided the paddy elds in Digawapi had caused extensive damage to crops and even to machinery in the threshing oors. The owner of a mechanical reaper
destroyed by the jumbos said the machine had not been insured and that he incurred a loss of
Rs.3.5 million.

The wild elephants had attacked wayside stalls in Digawapia selling refreshments to the travellers. Residents of the area said the herd had pulled down the electric fence and made their
way into the villages.

Ampara District Asst.director of Wildlife Conservation K.g.wickremetilleka said steps were
now being taken to erect a new electric fence to resolve the issue.

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Elephant Calf Rescued from a House Creates Ruckus in Srilanka

Description An elephant calf has been stranded in a house near the Weerawila Tissa main road this morning.The rescued elephant was handed over to the Wildlife Officers by the Local Villagers.Wildlife officials are suspecting that the baby elephant could have been stranded due to the elephant culling of the wild elephants in the Weerawila area these days. It is also reported that a herd of wild elephants are roaming in that area trying to locate the elephant calf.Efforts have been taken by the wildlife officials to reunite the calf with the mother elephant after treating the injured elephant calf.

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Villages live in fear of wild elephants

Residents of Several villages in Shrawastipura in Anurdhapura are living in constant fear of a
possible danger to their life from a herd of wild elephants that raid the cultivated land and
home gardens at dusk.

They pointed out that the people in Sinthikulam, Henapolayagama, Aluthwewa, Kandugampolagama,

Siyambalewa, Moragoda were exposed to the wild elephant threat and that the
herd destroyed paddy elds,

Chena cultivation and their home garden crops.

Villagers said they had been facing the threat of wild elephants for more than 10 years due to
the negligence in the maintenance of the electric fence from Moragoda in Shravastipura to

Thala that prevent wild elephants roaming into the human habitats through AnuradhapuraKurunegala
road.

They pointed out that their children do not attend school in fear of a possible danger to their
lives. They said a schoolboy had a narrow escape when he was attacked by a jumbo and that so
far about 12 people had been trampled to death.

They requested the Wildlife Conservation Department to repair and maintain the electric
fence to prevent the wild elephants from roaming into the villages.

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Villages live in fear of wild elephants

Residents of Several villages in Shrawastipura in Anurdhapura are living in constant fear of a
possible danger to their life from a herd of wild elephants that raid the cultivated land and homegardens at dusk.

They pointed out that the people in Sinthikulam, Henapolayagama, Aluthwewa, Kandugampolagama,
Siyambalewa, Moragoda were exposed to the wild elephant threat and that the
herd destroyed paddy elds,

Chena cultivation and their home garden crops.

Villagers said they had been facing the threat of wild elephants for more than 10 years due to
the negligence in the maintenance of the electric fence from Moragoda in Shravastipura to
Thala that prevent wild elephants roaming into the human habitats through AnuradhapuraKurunegala
road.

They pointed out that their children do not attend school in fear of a possible danger to their
lives. They said a schoolboy had a narrow escape when he was attacked by a jumbo and that so
far about 12 people had been trampled to death.

They requested the Wildlife Conservation Department to repair and maintain the electric
fence to prevent the wild elephants from roaming into the villages.

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Wild elephant herd wreak havoc

A herd of wild elephants that roamed into several villages including Mapakada and Dambagalla
in the Mahiyangana Division had caused much havoc destroying cultivated land
and damaging houses, o cials said.

Villagers said the herd of about six jumbos roamed into the villages at dusk and destroyed
chena cultivation and home garden crops.

Residents said they were living in constant fear to their life and that they would not move
out after dusk even to obtain treatment for an urgent

We light fires and elephant crackers to scare away the marauding herd but to no avail. Our
children often stay back at home without attending school in fear of any possible danger
frequenting the jungle track. We have been facing this danger for more than 40 years,
they said
illness. They said the herd from the Randenigala Forest Reserve roamed into the human
habitats across the Mahaweli River in search of fodder and water and frequented the villages
in the nights.“We light fires and elephant crackers to scare away the marauding herd
but to no avail. Our children often stay back at home without attending school in fear of
any possible danger frequenting the jungle track. We have been facing this danger for more
than 40 years,
” they said.

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Wild elephant attack claims another life

A 55-year-old woman had been killed early this morning in the Galgamuwa-Reswehera area due to an elephant attack.

She had faced this tragedy while returning from a relative’s home in the Galgamuwa-Pothanegama area this morning.

During the past few days, over ten people had been killed due to wild elephant attacks.

Recently, two youths were killed due to a wild elephant attack in the Matale-Lihiniyapitiya area, while in another incident in the Girandurukotte-Viranagama area a wildlife officer lost his life during an operation to chase off a herd of wild elephants.

In another incident that took place the day before yesterday, two persons had been killed by wild elephants in the Ampara-Panama area.

The Deputy Wildlife Minister Palitha Thewarapperuma who visited the relatives of the two youths killed in the wild elephant attack the day before yesterday in Matale-Lihiniyapitiya, promised to set up a wildlife office in the area which constantly comes under wild elephant attack.

Meanwhile, another monk had sustained injuries in a wild elephant attack and the villagers of the Anuradhapura-Medawachchiya, Wewalketiya village had staged a protest drawing attention to the constant wild elephant threat faced by these villagers.


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Sri Lanka elephants face plastic danger foraging dumps for food

At a garbage dump in central Sri Lanka a herd of wild elephants forage among a mountain of rubbish, swallowing dangerous scraps of plastic mixed with rotting food in what experts warn is an increasing problem for the revered animals. Due to illegal dumping near wildlife sanctuaries, hundreds of Sri Lanka's estimated 7,500 wild elephants now scavenge at rubbish tips and many are being madesick by what they eat, Jayantha Jayewardene, an expert on Asian elephants, said.

"Sri Lanka considers elephants to be a national treasure, but we see these animals reduced to eating rubbish," Jayewardene told AFP Thursday.

"They have become docile and got so used to tractors bringing them garbage."

A herd of 20 wild elephants at Habarana in the east of Sri Lanka has become totally dependent on rubbish and behaved almost like domestic animals waiting for tractors to tip the garbage.


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