People across Sri Lanka have supported a call to protect elephants, a revered animal in Buddhist culture, after an increasing number of them died in the wild, struck by passenger trains. Media in the ...

Killing or harming elephants is a criminal offence in Sri Lanka, which has an estimated 7,000 wild elephants, which are considered a national treasure, partly due to their significance in Buddhist ...

1,200 people killed over the same period in human-animal conflict Colombo: Sri Lanka vowed Thursday to urgently tackle costly clashes between villagers and wild elephants after reporting the ...

Why not adopt the same system for our national heritage? Impose hefty fines for law breakers! The Sri Lankan elephant (Elephas maximus maximus) is native to Sri Lanka and one of three recognised ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A passenger train hit an elephant herd near a wildlife sanctuary in Sri Lanka, killing six of the animals, an official said on Thursday. Four babies and two adults died ...