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With the rapid phase of development in Sri Lanka, its landscape too is changing at a similar pace. As a result, people started encroaching natural habitats, displacing the animals. While the Human Elephant conflict and many other matters are at hand, wildlife activists and enthusiasts are battling to protect these species.
In such an environment, it definitely is not wise to be ‘gifting away’ these resources that we have. But on Tuesday, Deputy Minister of Skills Development and Vocational Training Karunarathne Paranawithana suggested the opposite.
Excerpts of his statement are as follows :
While attending an event in Balangoda, the Deputy Minister said, “Wildlife laws should be amended and new laws should be implemented for common animal species that are considered threat to humans. There are about 6,000 elephants in the country and its population is increasing rapidly. 6,000 elephants are too many for Sri Lankan forests to sustain. 4,000 elephants are more than enough. The laws should be amended to rear elephants as pets and surplus wild-elephants should be sold to other countries to control the elephant population. If laws had been enforced to legalise the killing of wild boars and monkeys, people should be allowed to sell their meat as well. No one fusses about killing of mosquitoes. The social dialog regarding animal rights has become no more practical.”
more/source: http://life.dailymirror.lk/article/...mal-population----Gift--kill-or-sell/60/17294
In such an environment, it definitely is not wise to be ‘gifting away’ these resources that we have. But on Tuesday, Deputy Minister of Skills Development and Vocational Training Karunarathne Paranawithana suggested the opposite.
Excerpts of his statement are as follows :
While attending an event in Balangoda, the Deputy Minister said, “Wildlife laws should be amended and new laws should be implemented for common animal species that are considered threat to humans. There are about 6,000 elephants in the country and its population is increasing rapidly. 6,000 elephants are too many for Sri Lankan forests to sustain. 4,000 elephants are more than enough. The laws should be amended to rear elephants as pets and surplus wild-elephants should be sold to other countries to control the elephant population. If laws had been enforced to legalise the killing of wild boars and monkeys, people should be allowed to sell their meat as well. No one fusses about killing of mosquitoes. The social dialog regarding animal rights has become no more practical.”
more/source: http://life.dailymirror.lk/article/...mal-population----Gift--kill-or-sell/60/17294