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Wild life authorities’ lethargy takes its toll
Gross indifference of wild life officials to complaints of villagers requesting protection from wild elephants is leading to deaths of elephants in different parts of the country.
Recently at Neelabemma Govijana Pola in the Karuwalagaswewa area in the Puttalam district tragedy struck when a farmer attempted to protect his crops from marauding elephants by erecting an electric fence around his farmland.
He was forced to do this after numerous requests made to wild life authorities to take steps to prevent elephants entering farmland did not yield results. Unfortunately it resulted in an elephant being electrocuted.
W. Nandaratna, a member of the farming society in the area said the destruction caused to crops by elephants had caused a food shortage among farmers and had reached a level where it threatened their everyday lives.
“The failure of wild life officials to take timely action is resulting in both human beings and animals going without food,” he charged.
 Section of the banana crop destroyed by elephants. |
 Despair: A farmer shows part of his damaged crop |
 Villagers attempt to re-erect fences meant to separate man from beast |
 Section of the fence put up to keep elephants from entering the village was broken years ago. Despite numerous complaints no efforts were made to re-erect it. |
 Another gentle giant bites the dust as wild life officials twiddle their thumbs. |
 Ruin: The crop is good, but now useless. |
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