Sri Lanka : Traditions and cruelty with elephants.

23/08/2023

Urgent Petition to sign & share

End Elephant Use in the Kandy Perahera in Sri Lanka Due to Cruelty and Safety Concerns

08/06/2023

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29/11/2022

Following an incident which saw the previous elephant held by the Sri Lankan army ‘Kandula ‘ kill one soldier and land two others in ICU the then General Shavendra Silva promised that whilst he was Army Commander no elephant will be held captive by the army!
Now Lieutenant General Vikum Liyanage has succeeded Silva. The Neanderthal Liyanage has wasted no time along with Major General Jagath Kodithuwakku in returning primitive cruel ways to the army!
An elephant by the name of ‘Nilgala’ has been plucked from Pinnawala Elephant Orphange to become an Army mascot!
An intelligent sentient being will be held in solitary confinement in chains, the lives of further young soldiers will be risked for no reason other than to boost the egos of the ‘men’ who are charged with protecting Sri Lanka.
THIS is a cruel unnecessary action that only the WEAKEST of men would take!
🇱🇰 A BACKWARDS STEP IN A NATION SEEKING PROGRESSION!
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23/09/2022

Finally Free From His Prison
at Dehiwala Zoo in Sri Lanka

This wild caught Bandula was brought to the zoo in 1949.
He has been in the small space of his enclosure chained in concrete 24x7.
He was made to give rides and do tricks in different times during these 73 years.

In 2018-2019 period after strengthening his enclosure fences his chains were removed from time to time yet even when he was physically off chains he remained standing in the same spot for few weeks as he didnt know anything else other than standing in one place.

Even after 2018 he was still chained most days of the year during his abnormally long musth period, probably symptom caused by captivity.

The very unconvincing excuse of Zoo authorities being "his enclosure fences arent strong enough for him to be chainfree during musth"
(We feel they didnt care and they were lazy. Although we offered advise they refused to take help from us)
There were many requests for him to be moved to Ridiyagama Safari Park where he could have lived a better life but the Dehiwala Zoo staff didnt want him to be moved as he was iconic to Dehiwala Zoo.

Why do we need Zoos? Education ? Conservation ? What did you learn from Bandula ? Were you able to conserve elephants in Sri Lankan forests by keeping him in the Zoo?

WE ARE HAPPY THAT HE IS DEAD.
Atleast now he is free
AND HE WILL NOT BE AN OBJECT OF ENTERTAINMENT FOR HUMANS , the true objective of a Zoo.

What can you do to make sure animals dont suffer like Bandula did? Stop visiting zoos. Take your children to Wildlife Parks.

11/09/2022

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23/06/2022

16/06/2022

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25/03/2022

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21/03/2022

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