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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 )

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- 1886 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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Deborah C. (247)
Friday April 11, 2008, 6:39 pm
Obviously the people in the government who came up with this bright idea have no common sense! Why couldn't they send soldiers to the villages for protection then the elephants would've been safe.
 
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