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Sri Lankan farmers have an ingenious way to deter wild elephants
Elephants do not like citrus of any kind. They will not approach a home or garden, no matter how food-filled it is, if it means passing through a row of citrus trees. So Project Orange Elephant's goal is to get as many local farmers as possible to plant orange trees around their home gardens to create a soft buffer and deter invading elephants.
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Killing Elephants in Sri Lanka
Last week, the Government of Sri Lanka issued 2,000 shotguns to farmers in Human–Elephant Conflict (HEC) zones, to protect themselves and their crops from marauding elephants; a further, 3000 guns are to be issued shortly…
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Human Elephant Conflict in Sri Lanka
Both [people and elephants] are competing for the same resources, which is land. A growing human population and their need for land and agriculture development has encroached onto traditional elephant habitat…
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Sri Lanka elephants: 'Record number' of deaths in 2019
A record number of elephants - 361 - have died in Sri Lanka during 2019, environmental groups say.
It is highest figure of elephant deaths to be reported since Sri Lanka became independent in 1948, conservationists said. Most were killed by people…