The Hon. (Dr.) Dammika Patabendi - Minister of Environment
The Minister responded that additional Budget funds have been allocated to address the human-elephant conflict, emphasizing the need to protect both people’s lives and property and Sri Lanka’s protected elephant population. He said approaches used for other species in other countries are not applicable to elephants in Sri Lanka, and noted that ongoing interventions in Ampara and Batticaloa would continue with Members’ support toward a sustainable, scientific solution.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Thank you, Hon. Srineshan. We will pay due attention. In this Budget we have allocated additional funds for this issue. While we must protect people’s lives and property, we must also conserve elephants, a protected species in Sri Lanka. Policies applied to kangaroos or camels elsewhere cannot be applied to elephants here. We will focus on Ampara and Batticaloa as you raised; significant interventions are underway and continuing. We look forward to Members’ support to achieve a sustainable, scientific solution.
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