eLanka Newsletter – 6th March 2023 – 2nd Edition – Sri Lankans In Australia Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter Master event organiser Bertie Ekanaike made it two from two sold out events featuring one of Sri Lanka’s premier dance bands, Mirage, at the Walawwa Galle’s Eternal Charm-by Michael Roberts 73rd Anniversary of The Air Force. – By Noor Rahim CEYLON ROLL OF HONOUR WORLD WAR 1 1914-18 Recording of Multicultural Media Online Conference on LGBTIQ+ health and women’s health is available now From humble beginnings, The Saga of the self-made Billionaire-Jagath Withana – By Sunil Thenabadu The British Council’s Schools Now! 2024 conference equips educators and decision-makers with the strategies necessary to enhance the educational experience for students worldwide AUSSIE LINGO The best time to visit the Galle Fort in Sri Lanka Shocked by Modern Colombo! Didn’t Expect ...
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IS SRI LANKA CULLING ITS WILD ELEPHANTS – BY PROXY?-by Rohan Wijesinha Source:Daily Island As at May 5, 2021, many as 118 wild elephants had died this year, thus far; that is almost a death a day. The majority of these deaths were at the hands of humans. Of course, these are only those deaths that are recorded. Many elephants, when mortally wounded, will drag themselves away to die in the depths of the jungle, and are thereby unaccounted for. Most of these are males, and a substantial number of them are mature, breeding bulls. Many instruments of destruction are used in perpetuating this slaughter, and apart from firearms, the most popular ways of killing are electrocution, when a line from the Main Grid is illegally attached to a wire fence, or by blowing out their jaws and mouth parts after they consume food items in which are secreted explosives ...
