Please request rhe Prime Minister to change the Wild life and cruelty to animal lawsof Sri lanka

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Two police officers and 4 Muslim Businessmen were arrested in The Yala wild

life reserve. on 2nd of June at about 2.30 in the morning. A T-56 gun was

found with them .They have been hunting animals for a long period in this

reserve area.

 

On the 1st of June in Madawachiya one young tusker was shot down by an army

deserter and 4 Gramarakshaka .

 

Gramarakshaka are the guards who protect villages from terrorist attack.

After the gun shot injury the young tusker was fataly injured and other

elephants were helping it to walk

up to Udumbugala.The herd of elephants were protecting the injured elephant

till dawn and went into the forest.

In the morning these barberic hunters shot the elephant and even then as it

was not dying they have cutone tusk.Police officers informed the department

of wild life and the tusker was alive at that time.They managed to find the

killers and they confessed how they have killed the elephant.It was repored

that the wild life veterinary surgeon came very late and at that time

elephant was dead.

 

Minister of Agriculure S.B Dissanayake has decided to give guns to farmers

to protect their crops from wild boars.The Kobbekaduwa Africulture Research

Institute has decided that after the discussions with farmers.

It would be so tragic then these people and the other officers will kill all

the wild animals.

Please send a letter to the Prime minister to change the law and increase

the fines and imprisonment.Guns should not be given to the farmers.There are

people who have encroached in side the protected Wild life reserves.They

should be removed from the reserves.Apart from that farmers send their

Buffaloes and cattle to wild life reserves .they should be removed and

should be given to farmers which are not close to reserves and religious

organisations who rear cattle without killing them.

 

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