Sri Lanka returns orphaned elephants to the jungle
Friday, 18 July 2025 () Colombo (AFP) July 17, 2025
Sri Lankan authorities returned six orphaned and injured elephants to the wild on Thursday after nursing them back to health under a long-running conservation project, officials said. Two females and four males, aged between five and seven, were released into the Mau Ara forest within the Udawalawe Wildlife Sanctuary, environment minister Dammika Patabendi told AFP. He said it was the 26