Asia Album: Sri Lanka to conduct wild elephant census countrywide -Xinhua
Asia Album: Sri Lanka to conduct wild elephant census countrywide
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2024-08-17 10:15:15
Elephants wander off near a wildlife reserve in Galgamuwa, Sri Lanka, Aug. 15, 2024. (Photo by Gayan Sameera/Xinhua)
ANURADHAPURA, Sri Lanka, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- As a symbol of fortune and good luck, elephants are living a better life in Sri Lanka with the country's efforts to protect them from poaching.
Sri Lanka's Department of Wildlife Conservation will conduct a countrywide census on wild elephants on Aug. 17-19. The countrywide census of the elephant population in 2011 estimated that the minimum number of elephants in Sri Lanka was 5,879.
Photo taken on Aug. 11, 2024 shows herds of free-ranging elephants in Habarana forest of Anuradhapura district, Sri Lanka. (Photo by Ajith Perera/Xinhua)People take photos of wild elephants at a wildlife reserve in Galgamuwa, Sri Lanka, Aug. 15, 2024. (Photo by Gayan Sameera/Xinhua)Photo taken on Aug. 11, 2024 shows herds of free-ranging elephants in Habarana forest of Anuradhapura district, Sri Lanka. (Photo by Ajith Perera/Xinhua)■
