Army units for elephant routes as Hasthi Sena heads to Cabinet
Special Army units are planned along elephant migration routes, and a Cabinet memorandum will seek a legal framework for the Hasthi Sena…
Tag: human-elephant conflict
‘Hasthi Sena’ launched: 60 troops deployed to protect 17 elephants
The Government launched the islandwide 'Hasthi Sena' operation in Galkiriyagama, with the Army, wildlife officers and the Environment Ministry targeting elephant threats.
Joint raids and army operations room planned to curb elephant killings
A Ministry of Environment meeting decided on 23 October to intensify joint raids and set up an operations room at Army Headquarters…
Army and Tri-Forces to join raids against elephant killers and ‘hakka patas’
The Environment Ministry and the military agreed to intensify joint raids in human-elephant conflict areas and set up an operations room at…
455 wild elephants killed in 2025, up from 388: Parliament told
Wild elephant deaths in Sri Lanka rose to 455 in 2025 from 388 in 2024, and 160 people were killed by elephants,…
Namal Rajapaksa alleges Minister supplied guns used on elephants
Wildlife chief says Sri Lanka's elephant density is about 10 times India's, as Namal Rajapaksa alleges in Parliament that the Environment Minister…