WNPS appalled by recent elephant killings at Wilpattu National Park

The Wildlife and Nature Protection Society (WNPS) of Sri Lanka is deeply shocked by the news report in the Sunday Times of 12/06/2005 of a she elephant and three calves shot dead with a T 56 weapon in the Wilpattu National Park. This being the highest number of elephants killed in a single incident in the recent past according to the report.

We are deeply disturbed that the perpetrators of this crime could stoop to such low levels as to not even spare harmless baby elephants. The WNPS as the oldest organization involved in wildlife conservation in Sri Lanka makes a strong request to the Environment Minister to carry out a fair and thorough investigation and bring to book the culprits.