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Colombo bound night train from Trincomalee derailed at Nelliyagama, Kekirawa midnight yesterday when a wild elephant was hit by it. The wild elephant was killed and no injuries to passengers, police said.(Athula Bandara)

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  • kaputakukula Saturday, 15 September 2012 05:33 AM

    This is animal cruelty. Go Mervyn Go take the JHU monk (OR better Malaka) with you for a support.

    jay Saturday, 15 September 2012 10:34 AM

    One solution to keeping elephants away from rail tracks is to place Wooden honey bee hives near tracks ,elephants are afraid of bee sting and will not come near the tracks,may be some unemployed youths can also make a living.This technique is used by tribals in india to keep elephants away from human habitations,the other is relaying the tracks through other palce ,elephants belong to jungle we are trespassers.

    Gam Pappa Saturday, 15 September 2012 05:38 PM

    To stop animal killings, Train services must be stop, Mervyn says...

    Manik Sunday, 16 September 2012 12:50 AM

    In this catastrophic era some "elephants" ( I do not mean the animals) are derailing a lot things.


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