Priyanka KURUGALA
Using of external physical traps is a better option to prevent elephants arrival to villages, Alliance for Building up the cooperation in between Human and Elephant (ABCBHE) coordinator Sanjeeva Sampath said. Positive responses were presented by Agrarian Services and Wildlife Minister S M Chandrasena for demands of the people to prevent the human-elephant conflict Sanjeeva Sampath said.
Representatives of 10 districts, who have been threatened by wild elephants participated at a meeting recently organized by the ABCBHE, he said.
They made proposals to the Agrarian Services and Wildlife Ministry to prevent the conflict. Minister S M Chandrasena paid his attention and agreed to proposals of the alliance to prevent the conflict, he said.
The coordinator said the minister is requesting proposals from the public and civil organizations to prevent this menace.
Reconstruction of electricity fences around national parks, repairing and reactivating of electricity fences which have been broken, growing of reluctant cultivation to elephants at the border lines of the national parks, making live hedges and digging ditches are some of viable measures.
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