The Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in the Kegalle district, which is a main tourist attraction at the entrance to the hill ...

Amidst the rising population of wild elephants in Sri Lanka and the alarming rate of elephant deaths, reckless tourism ...

I write this post as a deeply saddened and outraged Sri Lankan citizen. This morning, I woke up to the horrific news that six ...

A Sri Lankan passenger train derailed Thursday after smashing into a family of elephants, with no passengers injured but six animals killed in the island's worst such wildlife accident ...

Sri Lanka’s main elephant orphanage marked its 50th anniversary on Sunday february 16 with a fruit feast for the 68 jumbos at the showpiece centre, reputedly the world’s first care home for destitute ...

Sri Lanka's main elephant orphanage marked its 50th anniversary Sunday with a feast of fruit for the 68 jumbos at the showpiece center, reputedly the world's first care home for destitute pachyderms.

A train collision near Sri Lanka's Minneriya National Park killed at least six elephants, including four babies. The crash, which caused train derailment, occurred as the elephants attempted to ...

In a tragic incident underscoring the delicate balance between wildlife and modernization, a passenger train collided with a herd of elephants near Sri Lanka's renowned Minneriya National Park, ...

A passenger train has hit a herd of elephants near a wildlife sanctuary in Sri Lanka, killing six of the animals. Four babies and two adults died near Minneriya, about 124 miles from the capital ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Six wild elephants were killed when a passenger train collided with a herd near a wildlife sanctuary in Sri ...