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Last Updated : 2024-05-16 06:10:00
By Thisara Sumal
THIRAPPANE (Daily Mirror) - The jumbo Agbo that had been under treatment and the care of the wildlife conservators for more than four months is now roaming into the villages after recovery and causing damage to houses in search of food, much to the anxiety of the villagers who provided it fodder when under treatment and not being able to move about.
Agbo, who had been critically injured in a front limb, had been under the treatment and care of the Wildlife Department surgeons for more than 86 days. They had performed several surgeries to save the life of the elephant.
Residents of the area said the convalescing wild elephant was now plodding for about 10 kilometres a night and roaming into the villages in search of food. They pointed out that it had destroyed cultivated land, home garden crops, and several houses in the Thirappane area. They said they were living in constant fear of any possible danger to their lives from the jumbo. The villagers pointed out any possible danger to Agbo’s life if it was allowed to roam into the villages.
They requested the wildlife conservators to capture and relocate it at a forest reserve.
Meanwhile, wildlife conservators said Agbo had been allowed to roam about in an attempt to let it enter its natural abode.
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Umar Friday, 10 November 2023 06:10 AM
The fact is that Agbo knows that humans injured him after intruding on what was his territory. All wildlife need land reserves left alone for them. They are not like motorbike riders who can travel between houses and other non-natural structures. The elephant paths and feeding grounds of the past are documented. Leave these areas alone or they will die. A whole lot of elephants in Africa dropped dead recently from sepsis as a result of insufficient food. Let's wake up to the fact that climate change is impacting wildlife too. All climate change is our/human fault.
Man Friday, 10 November 2023 09:51 AM
As it's life is in danger, it must be captured and tamed, before being killed. It is the best option left, to save it's life after attending to it for a long time.
‘The Lansi Burgher Gent’ Saturday, 11 November 2023 10:46 AM
Overpopulation of human kind has led to all these issues. These innocent animals know no better as these are part of their corridors and routes which they use to find food and water. Then you have these idiots who legally or illegally put up villages and take over forests and reservations due to an uncontrolled birth rate which is adding to more stress and strain on the environment and country at large, and you have these problems cropping up. There is less than 15% of great cover the island over as we know of today. Everything is being chopped up and sold off for timber and heavy deforestation going on for setting up of settlements. I think the government, ministers concerned and authorities are all half asleep as this continues and the habitats of these animals are taken away. We would become an eyesore of a concrete jungle in times to come.
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