Sri Lankan police have arrested three men accused of burning a wild elephant alive, an act that has drawn widespread outrage ...

Wildlife officials said the animal had first been shot and wounded before being set alight. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Two weeks after Cyclone Ditwah struck Sri Lanka, the actual environmental cost of the disaster remains largely unknown, as ...

As of July , about 198 wild elephants were reported dead over the first seven months of the year in Sri Lanka. The cumulative ...

Three men have been arrested in Sri Lanka after a wild elephant was burn alive, sparking global outrage and renewed concerns over animal cruelty and wildlife protection laws.

Sri Lankan authorities are considering banning the use of a human contraceptive injection for animals. A proposed pilot project to inject a human contraceptive on 50,000 dogs sparked outrage, ...

YALA NATIONAL PARK, Sri Lanka — Wildlife officials in Sri Lanka expressed surprise Wednesday that they found no evidence of large-scale animal deaths from the weekend’s massive tsunami. An Associated ...

Buddhist-majority Sri Lanka is planning to ban all forms of ritual sacrifice at Hindu religious festivals in the face of opposition from animal protection activists. Animals sacrificed include goats, ...

Births at the island nation’s zoos are up 25 percent, a rare bright spot as Covid-19 ravages an economy closely tied to tourism. By Aanya Wipulasena COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — To prevent the worst of Covid ...