Operation room established for animal census on Saturday

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Colombo, March 11 (Daily Mirror) - A special committee has been appointed on the advice of Agriculture, Livestock, Lands and Irrigation Minister K.D. Lalkantha, to minimise damage caused to crops by wild animals and find solutions.

The special committee oversee the conduct of the proposed wildlife census to calculate the number of monkeys, giant squirrels and peacocks that cause the most damage to crops.

Accordingly, this census is scheduled to be conducted countrywide on March 15 from 8.00 to 8.05 am.

The Ministry announced that the distribution of the relevant leaflets is also currently underway.

Steps have been taken to establish an operations room within the premises of the Agriculture Ministry with the aim of conducting the animal census to be held on Saturday more accurately and efficiently.

The operations room will be operational from today (11) to inquire about any problems that arise during the animal census.

The special committee requests people to contact the operations room through the hotline 011-2034336 for any inquiries.

If anyone has not received the leaflet provided to mark the number of wild animals that cause damage to crops, they are requested to make a note of the animals that come during the relevant period, the Ministry said.

They also request the public for their support during the relevant period for this census, which is being conducted with community participation.

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dds Tuesday, 11 March 2025 08:33 PM

What could be the next step after the census?

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මෝඩ කැලුම් Tuesday, 11 March 2025 11:05 PM

They're given ''aswesuma''?

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undefined Wednesday, 12 March 2025 06:12 AM

Psychiatric treatment for all those involved and participated in this venture....

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Umar Perera Wednesday, 12 March 2025 04:15 AM

How would you know if the figures and sightings are true or not? There are hidden motivations here. What happens afterwards? Is the Govt working with conservation agencies? More questions than answers here.

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Pusa Wednesday, 12 March 2025 07:38 AM

I’m going to call to report a camel that has been spotted in my neighbourhood. Let’s overwhelmed the system by calling other exotic animals likes rhinos, zebras and giraffes.

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සිසිල් සුදේශ් Wednesday, 12 March 2025 10:21 AM

This bulletin issued is fuzzy and leaves many things out. For clarity I will give it in point form. 1. Where are they taking the census? All island or selected areas? Never clarified. 2. Who are the enumerators? From some statements it appears that the owners/residents are supposed to do the counting. In that case, none of my acquaintances or I have been notified, except by the vague pronouncements by the media, often contradictory. 3. Has the government any authority to ask us to count monkeys? I have heard past kings asking people to do it's bidding like that, but not modern democracies. 4. Are the public servants employed to do the counting? They will have to be paid a day's salary as it is a Saturday and travelling fees. This will come to a hefty amount. 5. Otherwise are they trying to get the census carried out through the local JVP committees? I think this is the most likely and most dangerous thing.

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සිසිල් සුදේශ් Wednesday, 12 March 2025 10:26 AM

(continuation) If the government tries to use the JVP members to do the counting, that would be ultra vires and introduce a very dangerous precedent. It will be the thin end of the wedge to politicise day to day life of the country where a parallel unofficial government led by a party with a history of terrorism will come to existence. And are we to allow this lawless elements of a terrorist party to enter our premises and spy out? They can then easily enter at night too as they did in 88/89, spreading terror waves.

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