Wild jumbo enters human habitat for the first time

Human -elephant conflict escalates;

Residents of the Rambukkana area were in for a shock when a wild elephant roamed into the human habitat for the first time last morning. The wild elephant was noticed first at the Kansalagamuwa area on the Rambukkana- Mawanella Road.

The jumbo that entered the Koslanda forest reserve across the railway line had moved through the paddy fields in Gondewala in Udugama into the Halagiriya forest reserve. However it was seen frequenting the Kansalagamuwa area again at noon.

On information from the Disaster Management Officer in the Rambukkana Division, a team of Wildlife conservation officers from the North Western Wildlife Zone who rushed to the scene said that the Halagiriya forest reserve and the surrounding area were within the purview of the Central Zone Wildlife office and that they could not take any step to drive the animal away. Thereafter the Rambukkana Police and the STF provided protection to the people.

The jumbo that entered the Koslanda forest reserve across the railway line had moved through the paddy fields in Gondewala in Udugama into the Halagiriya forest reserve