Elephant goes missing at Sinharaja Forest Reserve

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Colombo, March 19 (Daily Mirror) - The wildlife officers attached to the Sinharaja Forest Reserve observed that one of the two elephants living in the vicinity of the forest reserve had not been seen for the past one and a half years.

They said the two male elephants used to come out of the forest reserve when they went into musth. But within the past one and a half years, only one elephant (around 45-years-old), which has a belt around its neck, has been seen by the villagers.

The elephants in the Sinharaja Forest Reserve go up to Deniyaya and Neluwa areas for food, and when they went into musth.

The wildlife office officials attached to the Sinharaja forest are on the lookout for the missing elephant which is much older than the other elephant.

Meanwhile, officers said that people had invaded the areas inhabited by elephants and used them to engage in chena cultivation, blocking the elephant paths as a result. Many water reserve areas of the forested area had been deforested for ongoing construction.

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Jaffna Resident Wednesday, 20 March 2024 01:12 AM

What is the wildlife department doing? Only the archaeological Department seem to be busy one, and only in Tamil areas.

Mahila Wednesday, 20 March 2024 03:04 AM

What Wildlife conservation for country's "Modayas"!!??

Elephant Keeper Wednesday, 20 March 2024 03:06 AM

Went abroad looking for greener pastures?

Ram Wednesday, 20 March 2024 03:45 AM

Politicians mismanaged not only the economy but even the little forest coverage left endangering the future of our country.

sam silva2 Wednesday, 20 March 2024 06:51 AM

we sincerely hope these ccomments get the attention of our IGONRANT POLITICIANS (and arts qualified SLAS officers, lacking scientific knowledege. sinharaja has been encroached by TEA growers and according to them they do by inch by inch unnoticed by the forest conservation officers. for god's sake cant these idiots grow their DAMN TEA bush somewhere else?. we somehow got a 500 meter border zone around sinharaja yet it seems POHOTUWAS dont care and build hotels and rest in this protecttve zone. may mr.bean the least take action? this elephant may have been killed or migrated to south as that was the case years ago.

Concerned Wednesday, 20 March 2024 08:57 AM

There is a rumor that some wild elephants which are a continuous problem to farming communities are killed, cut up and buried secretly. Unless a genuine effort is not made by the Govt to solve this conflict, SL will not have a wild Elephant population in 25 - 30 years.

Spartacus Wednesday, 20 March 2024 10:39 AM

Like the wild life Officers who have been masturbating for 1.5 years, this elephant also must be hiding somewhere for past years doing the same.

Shera Wednesday, 20 March 2024 01:17 PM

These majestic and near extinct animals has no peace or chance of survival in Sri Lanka. Very sad situation. Government needs to do more. Waiting one and a half years to issue notice that this elephant was not sighted just shows the system of protecting this species is broken beyond repair.

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Elephant goes missing at Sinharaja Forest Reserve

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