Gamini Lokuge |
The fate of the two baby elephants presently at the Dalada Maligawa premises would be decided following a report submitted by veterinary experts headed by Dr.Asoka Dangolla of the veterinary medicine faculty of Peradeniya University, said Sports and Recreation Minister Gamini Lokuge yesterday.
“If they recommend that the mother’s presence is a must we would bring the mothers temporarily to the Dalada Maligawa premises but the baby elephants would not be taken back to Pinnawala,” he said.
However, on Wednesday Minister Lokuge told the Sunday Times that the baby elephants were bought only till the end of the Esala Perahera and would be taken back to their mothers who are in Pinnawala.
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