 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
One hundred and twenty were killed by wild elephant attacks this year. Nearly 40 elephants had been killed by villagers, an Elephant expert reveals.
The Biodiversity and Elephant Conservation Trust Managing Trustee Jayantha Jayewardene told The Island yesterday that on an average 65 humans and 125 elephants were killed each year due to the human-elephant conflict prevalent in many parts of the country.
He said only a few elephants caused damage to crops and houses and human fatalities.
Measures had been taken to reduce Human-elephant conflict through educating children in rural schools, he said.
To date, more than 1,000 schools had taken part in the Biodiversity, Elephant and Environment Awareness Programme in rural schools. At present the programme is conducted in the Puttalam District and the next will be at Anamaduwa.
The Schools Awareness Programme has been carried out for the last seven years with sessions held in 150 rural schools each year. The Biodiversity and Elephant Conservation Trust carries out this programme in the rural districts of Sri Lanka, where there are incidents of human-elephant conflict.
