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ACTION ALERT: Tell Sri Lanka That Elephants Belong in the Wild, Not in Zoos!!!
Animals  (tags: sri lanka, elephants, tortured, caged, imprisoned, zoos, suffering )

Simone
- 77 days ago - action.petaasiapacific.com
Sri Lanka recently announced plans to import elephants from Thailand to be sentenced to life in confinement in zoos. Taken from their families and homeland, elephants in zoos suffer a life of chronic physical ailments, social deprivation, emotional
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Elephant Row Erupts in Sri Lanka
Animals  (tags: petition, government, baby elephant calves, taken from mothers, sanctuary, sri lanka )

Simone
- 152 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Animal rights activists have filed a petition in Sri Lanka's Supreme Court to reverse the removal of two baby elephants from an elephant orphanage. The Sathwa Mithrayo rights group wants the court to revoke a government decision to hand the animals
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Sri Lankan Man Gives Up Life for Squirrel
Animals  (tags: rescue, squirrel, death, accident, sri lanka, selflessness, wildlife )

Raffi
- 170 days ago - news.xinhuanet.com
A 40-year-old Sri Lankan man who saved a squirrel from drowning lost his life on Saturday, an English newspaper reported on Monday. According to the Daily Mirror, Tilak Rajakaruna was climbing out after cleaning his 60-foot-deep
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Rani's Story - From Colombo, Sri Lanka
Animals  (tags: dogs, pets, spay and neuter, Sri Lanka, environment, animals, AnimalWelfare, protection )

Cher
- 310 days ago - wspa.ca
Rani is an animal lover and tries to do her best for the animals in her care. She has four dogs - one male and three females. She asked us to sterilize her females to stop them from having puppies, as there are too many dogs on the streets of Colombo but
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Sri Lanka: A Tribute to Suffering Animals Who Lost Their Fight For Life- VIDEO
Animals  (tags: Sri Lanka, animal rescuers, animal shelter, memoriam, in memory, tragedy, grief, sadness, honour, animals, love, bonding )

Simone
- 323 days ago - serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com
A tribute to the brave suffering animals that we have met who lost their fight for life. We will never forget you.
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Blue and Sperm Whale Sightings Off Southern Sri Lanka
Animals  (tags: sri lanka, marine wildlife, whales, sightings, blue and sperm whales, endangered, extinction, habitat, protection )

Jacquelin
- 392 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
After last years sightings of Blue whales off Sri Lanka, a more dedicated effort has been made to spot the whales this autumn. In October whale sightings were patchy, but in November Blue whale sightings became much more common. There is a spike in
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Wild Elephants Fall Victim to Sri Lanka War Strategy
Animals  (tags: sri lanka, wildanimals, wildlife, elephants, war, humans, habitat, protection, endangered, extinction )

Jacquelin
- 646 days ago - canada.com
PIMBURELLEGAMA, Sri Lanka, March 20 (Reuters) - Shaking his head at an elephant carcass rotting by a lush paddy field in north Sri Lanka, park warden J.A. Weerasingha counts the cost of a state initiative to arm villagers against Tamil Tiger rebels. Wh
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Wild Elephants Fall Victim to Sri Lanka War Strategy
Animals  (tags: elephants, Sri Lanka, war, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals, killing )

Cher
- 651 days ago - alertnet.org
Shaking his head at an elephant carcass rotting by a lush paddy field in north Sri Lanka, park warden J.A. Weerasingha counts the cost of a state initiative to arm villagers against Tamil Tiger rebels.
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Slender Loris - Species : Tardigradus Malabaricus
Animals  (tags: animals, slender loris, wildlife, wildanimals, India, Sri Lanka, environment, habitat )

Cher
- 762 days ago - blueplanetbiomes.org
The slender loris is a small, nocturnal primate found only in the tropical rainforests of Southern India and Sri Lanka. They are able to live in wet and dry forests, as well as lowland and highland forests.
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Importance of Stringent Animal Welfare Laws
Animals  (tags: AnimalWelfare, animals, protection, law, Sri Lanka )

Cher
- 811 days ago - dailynews.lk
One of the most important requirements at present in our country is appointing a responsible person or authority for Animal Welfare there is no responsible minister/ official or authority for animal welfare
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World Society for the Protection of Animals-Together, We Can Save the Dogs in Colombo's Pounds.
Animals  (tags: dogs, strays, Sri Lanka, dog pounds, AnimalWelfare, companionanimals, animalsuffering, pets )

Thunderr
- 877 days ago - wspa-usa.org
Stray dogs in Colombo, the capital city of Sri Lanka, have to compete for survival, desperately scavenging for what little food there is. Living by their wits on the streets, they're constantly at risk of becoming infected with fatal diseases like rabies
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Ex-Poachers Turn Over Shell to Save Sri Lankan Turtles
Animals  (tags: sri lanka, wildlife, sealife, green turtles )

Jacquelin
- 898 days ago - usatoday.com
REKAWA, Sri Lanka -- On a moonlit night, a group of young men huddled around a green turtle as it dug deep into a beach to lay its eggs. They could hear the turtle breathing and grunting as it went into a trancelike state, dropping eggs the size of pingpo
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Freedom at Last! Monsoon Puts Elephant Calves in High Spirits
Animals  (tags: elephants, captive, release, reserve, sanctuary, wild, india, sri lanka, freedom, baby elephants, babies )

Jo
- 915 days ago - newkerala.com
Six hand-raised elephant calves being readied for release in a wildlife sanctuary in Assam are raring to taste freedom as monsoon-induced fresh vegetation offers them a rare food extravaganza.
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