(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – The head of a wild elephant, which had been separated from its trunk, was found in Kirindi Oya by the locals.
The skull and one ear of the head have been cut off. Local residents suspect that this elephant was shot and killed in another place, cut into parts and then put in to the Kirindi Oya.
So far, only the head of the wild elephant has been found, and the officials of the Wellawaya Wildlife Office are conducting investigations to find the remaining parts of the wild elephant’s body.
