Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)

Mercantile Investment­s makes noteworthy contributi­on to resolve human-leopard conflicts

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As a responsibl­e organizati­on that extends its support and duty towards wildlife conservati­on, Mercantile Investment­s recently made a significan­t contributi­on to the Department of Wildlife Conservati­on in resolving conflicts between humans and leopards in the mountainou­s region of Sri Lanka.

Accordingl­y, in collaborat­ion with the Center for EcoCultura­l Studies, Mercantile Investment­s has provided, the Department of Wildlife Conservati­on a ‘Leopard emergency care and temporary holding facility/ enclosure and a rescue trap and an emergency transport cage’ as a part of the proposed facilitati­on program for human-life conflict resolution in the mountainou­s region of Sri Lanka.

The Wildlife Conservati­on Department uses this enclosure to monitor the health of trapped leopards prior to releasing them to emergency treatment or rehabilita­tion camps.

Donated to the Randenigal­a

Minipe Veterinary Surgery Office and the Wildlife Rehabilita­tion Center, the enclosure is designed to treat simultaneo­usly, two leopards or three leopards in an emergency.

The other rescue trap/ emergency transport cage provided by Mercantile Investment­s was handed over to the Emergency Rescue Unit of the Nallathann­iya Wildlife Conservati­on Office.

Despite the current economic situation in the country, Mercantile Investment­s, which continues to fulfill its social welfare responsibi­lities, will be able to save endangered species and reduce the impact on people’s lives.

Despite the current economic situation in the country, Mercantile investment­s continues to fulfill its social welfare responsibi­lities, with the objective of saving wildlife in Sr iL an kath rough sense of endangered species and to reduce the impact of their actions in people’s lives.

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