Saturday, September 28, 2019

Seven Bodies Of Female Elephants Recovered At A Habarana Reserve

Wild Life officers have recovered
seven bodies of female Wild Elephants who had died mysteriously yesterday (27)and today (28)at Thunbikulama reserve in Hiriwadunna ,Habarana.
(From the web)

Accordingly four bodies of Elephants had been recovered yesterday and three today it has been revealed.

These bodies of female Elephants had been recovered during a joint search mission carried out by the Wild Life officers attached to Sigiriya Wild Life office, Habarana Police ,Army personal and residents of the area .

A four year old Baby Elephant Calf had found whilst staying close to the body of one of the female Elephants recovered today  .The calf who didn't realise that his mother is dead stayed with her and not allowed anyone to come near the body it has been reported .

However as there's a need to comduct a post mortem regarding the Elephants body ,Wild Life officers had tranquillized the baby Elephant calf and released him to another area according to reports.

Search mission is currently underway to check whether there are more bodies of Elephants in the reserve .A large number  of Locals and foreigners had arrived in the reserve  to view the bodies of the Elephants .

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