Cabinet approves special elephant herd for peraheras

6 July 2016 12:55 pm

The Proposal to establish a herd of 35 elephants, which would be cared for by the Zoological Gardens Department for peraheras had been approved by the Cabinet yesterday.

The herd would consist of tusker elephants, and male, and female elephants and would be obtained from the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage and from the Udawalawe Elephant Transit Home.

Minister of Wildlife Gamini Jayawickrama Perera presented the proposal to the Cabinet following reports that there was a shortage of elephants for cultural events including the Kandy Esala Perahera. ( Darshana Sanjeewa)