Environmentalists call for fast and severe crackdown on killers of Dala-Poottuwa
By Kumudini Hettiarachchi
DWC holds crucial two-day workshop on the proposed revisions to the National Policy on the Conservation of Wild Elephants – 2006
Sri Lanka’s psyche and conscience have been violently shaken by the “premeditated murder” of the majestic and beloved ‘Dala-poottuwa’ of Galgamuwa, with wildlife experts stridently calling for an impartial investigation and stern action, without fear or favour, against the “murderers”.
There is a clear need to send a strong signal that the wanton killing of tuskers for their ivory by poachers will not be tolerated, is the consensus among environmentalists, who expressed serious concern that in the tragic case of Dala-poottuwa it seems as if people who were supposed to set an example by preventing such a crime are allegedly invol...