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Elephant Rescue in Sri Lanka

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

David M. Jones
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At Uda Walawe in Sri Lanka (Ceylon) a group of about thirty elephants have become isolated in a small pocket of jungle as a result of large-scale agricultural development. There is not sufficient food for them and they are completely surrounded by farms. Inevitably they raid the fields at night, and are shot at by the farmers; some are injured, have become dangerous and killed people. Forced to act, the Wildlife Department has been trying to move them. The author, who is resident Veterinary Officer at Whipsnade Park in England, assisted with the second removal, and here describes how it was done and some of the problems.

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Research Article
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Oryx , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , October 1975 , pp. 185 - 190
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1975

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