(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – The Centre for Environmental and Nature Studies of Sri Lanka says the highest number of elephant deaths in a year in the last 10 years was recorded last year.
The Center for Environmental and Nature Studies has confirmed that 463 elephants have died in Sri Lanka in 2022.
The National Coordinator of the Center, Dr. Ravindra Kariyawasam said this is the height number of casualties in a year in the past decade. He further mentioned that most of those wild elephant deaths are due to human activities.
Dr. Ravindra Kariyawasam pointed out that if the authorities do not immediately take appropriate measures to protect the wild elephants, not only will the tourism industry be suffered, there will not even be a single wild elephant left in the country.
