The Sri Lankan government has taken measures
to set up four more elephant sanctuaries in the country by next year,
Deputy Minister of Wildlife and Agrarian Services S.M. Chandrasena has
said.
The four sanctuaries are to be set up in Horowpathana, Lunugavehera, Maduru Oya and Galgamuwa.
The wild life officials will capture and kraal the wild elephants
entering into villages and harming the people and their crops in these
sanctuaries.
The Minister says this move would help to minimize the human-elephant conflict and protect the elephants.
He has said that 75 percent of the sanctuary in Horowpathana in a land
extent of 3,000 acres has been completed and that Rs.225 million has
been allocated for the project.
Sri Lanka's wild elephant population has dwindled in the recent years
and an elephant census conducted by the Wildlife Department in August
2011 found that 5,879 elephants were roaming Sri Lanka's jungles.
Source:http://www.colombopage.com/archive_12B/Nov23_1353651744JR.php
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