Sunday, 10 Sep 2023
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By Vimukthi Fernando and Nira Diaz
Would any animals be left in our national parks in the future? The question looms large as national parks are being overcrowded – especially during visitor seasons. Yala, the most popular national park known for leopards as well as elephants, sloth bear and birds had seen overcrowding for years. Now, parks such as Minneriya and Kaudulla are at the receiving end.
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Following in the footsteps of tyrants intoxicated with power - they came, they beat up wildlife officers, they freed a comrade involved in illegal activity from custody and took away the evidence. What prevailed on that Sunday night at Minneriya was not the law of the land, but the law of the jungle. The marauding mob later got publicity nationwide through staging...