The Sunday Times Sri Lanka

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The flamingoes have flown from Bundala. The National Park on Sri Lanka’s south-eastern coast, known for its water birds and picturesque landscapes of lagoons, water reeds, forest and wildlife is in crisis. Once a hot favourite with foreign and local tourists, the park now has few visitors.

What are we doing to these gentle mammals of the sea?

Whales and dolphins are mammals that are supremely adapted to life in the oceans. This group of animals range from the huge and awe-inspiring baleen whales to the graceful dolphins and little porpoises that inhabit the oceans of the world.

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