Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Sri Lanka wildlife officials withdrawn from duties related to wild elephants


All Sri Lanka Association of Wildlife Officials says that it has withdrawn from duties pertaining to wild elephants.

The wildlife officials came to this decision after a group of villagers attacked them as they were attempting to rescue a wild elephant who had fallen into a farm well in Ambanpola in Kurunegala district.

A driver of the Wildlife Department was hospitalized in the incident. A vehicle was also damaged.

The Association says that no person engaged in the assault has been arrested so far.


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