Rs. 2.4 Mn spent on printing documents for wild animal census - Ministry

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Colombo, March 11 (Daily Mirror) - The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Lands, and Irrigation has revealed that Rs. 2.4 million has been spent on printing documents related to the upcoming census of wild animals that damage agricultural crops.

According to a statement from the Ministry, a total of Rs. 2,478,000, including VAT, was spent on printing the census papers. The printing work was carried out by the Government Printing Department, with each census paper costing approximately 30 cents. The Ministry has also instructed the Government Printing Department to produce about 7 million such documents for the census.

The planned animal census, scheduled for March 15, is a historic first in Sri Lanka and is designed to count the wild animals that cause damage to crops, including giant squirrels, peacocks, macaques, and monkeys. The census will be conducted between 8:00 and 8:05 am, with officials given a strict five-minute window to complete the task.

The government earlier said that the census is part of a broader initiative led by a special committee tasked with addressing agricultural losses caused by wild animals and recommending measures for better management of the issue. Farmers and villagers have been urged to cooperate during the event to ensure its success.

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මෝඩ කැලුම් Tuesday, 11 March 2025 09:09 PM

Do they have to sign the document, once they're counted?

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Dr Tissa Fernando Tuesday, 11 March 2025 09:53 PM

Useless exercise, this will not help . Everyone knows that it is mainly elephants and monkeys that destroy crops and sometimes houses 9f farmers. Knowing exactly how many are there would not be of any use. As usual, NPP doctors work on the book theories without realising the ground realities. This is a complete waste of time.

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lion Wednesday, 12 March 2025 04:35 AM

Let the government try this as they are hell bent on eradicating this menace. The steps they have already taken to prevent death of elephants clashing with trains are commendable.

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Pusa Wednesday, 12 March 2025 07:33 AM

Stupidity knows no bounds! Start with the ugly little monkey AKD

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S P Wednesday, 12 March 2025 07:42 AM

The JVP supporters believe this project is marvellous. Others are sceptical. The division is on the party lines. While the debate is going on, the problem remains unresolved. And almost certainly it will remain the same for years to come. This is the same way we the Sri Lankans see at any issue. For example the short 2 years or so term of our previous president. All on party allegiance. Not on logic or facts!

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Lawry Wednesday, 12 March 2025 09:08 AM

The count may not be accurate. But it will be a basis with which to make studied assessments. Better than exporting monkeys and killing elephants using trains, kakkapatas, electrocution and food poisoning.

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james Wednesday, 12 March 2025 09:42 AM

AKD wisdom for you

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Sam J Wednesday, 12 March 2025 11:08 AM

Can some one suggest a better way to do this? no one in the parliament or wild life nor the public has come up with better way to carry this out. Need to start somewhere

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Weary Wednesday, 12 March 2025 03:30 PM

Exporting humans to work and resultant remittances are a major part of the SL economy so why not export excess monkeys, peacocks and wild boar? Alternatively cull the excess and export the meat or supply the meat to restaurents and hotels. Deer are culled twice a year in the UK and the meat sold to restaurents, the antlers are also sold. Wild life dept should carry out the culls. Elephants should be better protected. The next to useless INGO and NGO shown the door?

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