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Illegal feeding blamed for three elephant attacks in Yala
Talks of translocation; WNPS President says close the park temporarily if needed but let the animals remain in their home. Published on the SundayTimes on 13.02.2022...
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Govt. to expand vessel monitoring as Lankan fishermen continue to fish in...
Published on SundayTimes on 27.02.2022 https://www.sundaytimes.lk/220227/news/govt-to-expand-vessel-monitoring-as-lankan-fishermen-continue-to-fish-in-foreign-waters-474348.html The multi-day fishing...
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Pigeon orchid blooms adding fragrance to the grumpy moods
While the economic hardships, fuel shortages and power cuts add a gloomy undertone, nature however, looks to reconcile troubled minds adding fragrance to gardens in many areas through the blooming of...
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Fuel crisis a chance to create tracks for pedal power
Published on SundayTimes on https://www.sundaytimes.lk/220424/news/fuel-crisis-a-chance-to-create-tracks-for-pedal-power-480760.html Senior manager of the Nations Trust Bank Wattala branch, Ruwan...
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Accident claims life of another zoo animal — motherless orangutan drowns
Published on SundayTimes on 01.05.2022 https://www.sundaytimes.lk/220501/news/careless-zoo-claims-another-life-motherless-orangutan-drowns-481418.html The Dehiwala zoo’s baby orangutan, aged about...
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Sri Lankan ‘Kaputas’ introduced to other lands become ‘Panty thieves’
Published on SundayTimes on 01.05.2022 https://www.sundaytimes.lk/220501/news/opportunist-thieving-native-kaputa-a-menace-in-other-lands-481353.html According to a news report, several Malaysian women...
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Endangered 800kg giant manta ray, worth ‘more alive than dead’
https://www.sundaytimes.lk/220508/news/endangered-800kg-giant-manta-ray-worth-more-alive-than-dead-481968.html Published on SundayTimes on 08.05.2022 It is a difficult time for everyone, so the...
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Role of oceans in human lives discussed
https://www.sundaytimes.lk/220612/news/role-of-oceans-in-human-lives-discussed-485673.html Published on SundayTimes on 12.06.2022 The sandy beaches look like barren wastelands, but as you enter the...
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Protected areas not exempt as blast fishing blows up in Sri Lanka
Published on Mongabay on 12.07.2022 https://news.mongabay.com/2022/07/protected-areas-not-exempt-as-blast-fishing-blows-up-in-sri-lanka/ Blast fishing is widely practiced in the seas around Sri Lanka,...
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In Sri Lanka, a waterbird flips the parenting paradigm on its head
Pheasant-tailed jacanas practice a system of polyandry that sees each female maintain a “harem” of males, each tasked with looking after a clutch of eggs.That’s led to unusual parenting roles that see...
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109 leopards slain in 12 years, risks rising for 1,000 left
https://www.sundaytimes.lk/220731/news/109-leopards-slain-in-12-years-risks-rising-for-1000-left-490532.html Published on SundayTimes on 31.07.2022 As the national day of the Sri Lankan leopard is...
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AG’s undertaking raises hope for protection of ‘Other State Forests’
https://www.sundaytimes.lk/220807/news/ags-undertaking-raises-hope-for-protection-of-other-state-forests-490913.html published on 07.08.2022 Forests known as ‘other state forests’ (OSF) are in the...
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Electric shocks killing jumbos by the dozen
https://www.sundaytimes.lk/220821/news/electric-shocks-killing-jumbos-by-the-dozen-492399.html published on the SundayTimes on 21.08.2022 Just this week, three elephants, including a tusker and a...
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Sri Lanka grapples with the problem of its fishers plundering waters abroad
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/04/sri-lanka-grapples-with-the-problem-of-its-fishers-plundering-waters-abroad/ Published on 14.04.2022 COLOMBO — Mahalingam Kanapathi set off from his hometown of...
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A year since X-Press Pearl sinking, Sri Lanka is still waiting for compensation
The sinking a year ago of the cargo vessel the X-Press Pearl was responsible for the single worst incident of plastic marine pollution in the world, according to a committee assessing the damages from...
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In Sri Lankan waters, endangered but unprotected rays encounter a killing field
Sri Lanka’s artisanal fishers are catching more manta and devil rays every year, including endangered species, than all global large industrial purse seine fisheries combined, a study shows. Manta and...
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In a former conflict zone in Sri Lanka, a world rich in corals thrives
The Jaffna Peninsula at the northern tip of Sri Lanka, off-limits for decades because of the country’s civil war, is home to one of the richest collections of corals on the island, a study shows. Led...
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Sri Lankan fishermen world’s biggest manta killers feeding Chinese demand
Published on SundayTimes on 01.10.2022 https://www.sundaytimes.lk/221002/news/sri-lankan-fishermen-worlds-biggest-manta-killers-feeding-chinese-demand-497490.html Sri Lanka holds the dubious record of...
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Marine turtles get a second chance while nets still pose risks
https://www.sundaytimes.lk/221016/news/marine-turtles-get-a-second-chance-while-nets-still-pose-risks-498881.html Published on SundayTimes on 16.10.2022 Fishing gear in Sri Lankan waters continues to...
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50 years of educating Lankan youth on nature and wildlife
The Young Zoologists’ Association celebrates its 50th anniversary this weekend (October 22nd and 23rd) with its annual exhibition on wildlife arts and photography at the JDA Perera Gallery at Horton...
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