* Sri Lankan magistrate surrenders illegally kept wild elephant

Additional Magistrate of Colombo Thilina Gamage, who has allegedly kept a wild elephant cub in illegal captivity violating wildlife ordnance, handed over the elephant calf to the Wildlife Department office of Battaramulla yesterday.

Director General of Wildlife H.D. Rathnayaka said that the magistrate had no legal permit to keep the elephant.

A number of persons who kept captured wild elephants in their possession illegally with the support of politicians have been identified. However, legal action against these wildlife criminals is delaying.

The registry of wild elephants maintained by Wildlife Department was stolen recently to cover up the crimes.

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Sri Lanka wildlife officials withdrawn from duties related to wild elephants

All Sri Lanka Association of Wildlife Officials says that it has withdrawn from duties pertaining to wild elephants.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