Conservationists plead for coexistence as shrinking forests drive conflict, with elephant deaths doubling in a decadeSetting out from home to collect firewood on a cool spring morning last year, Harshini Wanninayake and her mother had no idea only one of them would come back alive. The pair were walking to a nearby forest from Eriyawa, a village in north-west Sri Lanka, when they heard a loud rustling close by."It came out of nowhere," says Wanninayake. "The elephant was behind the thicket and took us completely by surprise." Continue reading...
Death tolls mount as elephants and people compete for land in Sri Lanka
19. března 2024 6:33
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Zdroj: The Guardian