Elephant detention center to shift two elephants roaming in Sinharaja

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The Cabinet of Ministers approved to establish an elephant detention center to shift the two elephants roaming in the Sinharaja Forest.

A 36-hectare land was approved to be allocated in Parugala as proposed by Sustainable Development, Wildlife and Regional Development Minister Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka.

The President had previously instructed to shift the two elephants after conducting a complete scientific study by a team of experts