An animal rights group has raised concern over using the 68-year-old tusker Nadungamuwa Raja for this year’s Esala Perahera due to its health conditions. Maneesha Arachchige founder of RARE (Rally for ...

Raja, a 40-year-old male elephant, collects his payments on the Buttlala-Kataragama road that links Sri Lanka’s west and southeast coasts. He will stand by the side of the road and then step ...

Sri Lanka mourns death of 69-year-old Indian ... Nadungamuwa Raja is being escorted by security personnel as he walks on ... Animal rights activists posted messages such as “Finally free ...

As we bid farewell to this year, we help you remember the animals who dominated the social media feeds in the last 366 days - Kabosu, Moo Deng, Raja, and many more. Read below. Free Press Journal ...

A Sri Lanka-based animal rights group, Rally for Animal Rights and Environment group, alleged in 2020 that the animal was in bad health due to years of hard labor and abuse, and needed urgent ...

Sri Lanka’s agriculture suffers significant losses due to crop-raiding wildlife, especially elephants, monkeys, wild boars, giant squirrels, porcupines, and peafowls. An island-wide, citizen ...

Colombo: Sri Lanka is geared up to conduct its first-ever animal census as the island nation will count toque monkeys, purple-faced langurs, giant squirrels, and peacocks between 8 and 8:05 am ...

COLOMBO, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka conducted its first-ever census of animals considered harmful to agriculture on Saturday, said an official. Farmers were instructed to count only peacocks ...

Dubai: In Sri Lanka, a traditional road toll has taken an amusing twist as a 40-year-old elephant named Raja has become a self-appointed toll collector.

Elephant's hilarious 'road tax' demand is winning the internet! Watch Raja's adorable antics in this viral video from Sri Lanka. Scroll down to read more.

That afternoon, we went to meet our star – Raja. ... Sri Lanka’s second largest religion, also enjoys a close association with the animals in the form of the god Ganesh.

Sri Lanka has a new answer to toll booths -- a tax-collecting elephant. Instead of searching the car for some spare change, you must offer up a tasty snack before Raja allows you to pass. Raja, a ...