Among Asian elephants, only a fraction of males bear tusks, and Sri Lanka holds the lowest percentage, with just 7% of its total elephant population being tuskers. Tuskers are culturally ...

Sri Lanka’s Minister of Environment, Dammika Patabendi, recently reported alarming statistics in Parliament. Between 2015 and 2019, 1,466 wild elephants were killed. This number increased to ...

Why is the recent visit of PM Modi to Sri Lanka relevant to the UPSC exam? What is the significance of topics such as the ...

A total of 3,477 wild elephants and 1,190 people died in Sri Lanka between 2015 and 2024 due to the ongoing human-elephant conflict, Minister of Environment Dammika Patabendi told parliament ...

Sri Lanka has the highest number of elephant deaths caused by conflict with humans ... Sri Lanka is home to a subspecies of endangered Asian elephants and had a population of over 5,000 elephants in ...

Two weeks ago, the government announced that 1 195 people and 3 484 animals had been killed in a decade due to the worsening human-elephant conflict on the island. Killing or harming elephants is a ...

Two weeks ago, the government announced that 1,195 people and 3,484 animals had been killed in a decade due to the worsening human-elephant conflict on the island. Killing or harming elephants is a ...

Colombo: Sri Lanka's wildlife ... due to the worsening human-elephant conflict on the island. Killing or harming elephants is a criminal offence in Sri Lanka, which has an estimated 7,000 wild ...