Dambatenne estate workers want quick action to save their vegetable plots from elephants

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Sun, Feb 2, 2025 12:03 PM

Dambatenne estate workers want quick action to save their vegetable plots
from elephants
Nayananda Buwenaka, The Sunday Times
February 2, 2025

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https://www.sundaytimes.lk/250202/news/dambatenne-estate-workers-want-quick-action-to-save-their-vegetable-plots-from-elephants-586544.html
for photos.

The residents of Dambatenne estate in Haputale have complained that wild
elephants had ravaged vegetable plots on Friday night.

Fearing further attacks they have asked wildlife officials to drive the
elephants away.

They said the Koslanda town and the Punagala area that are adjacent to
Dambatenne estate often face the threat of elephant attacks and they fear
the same fate.

The estate residents also said tourists who visit the Lipton seat in the
area could also be affected.

The elephants were on the move and had come to the lower portion of the
Pitaratmale estate, following the attack on vegetable plots in the
Dambatenne estate. The area Grama Niladhari said they had used crackers to
drive away the elephants.

https://www.sundaytimes.lk/250202/news/dambatenne-estate-workers-want-quick-action-to-save-their-vegetable-plots-from-elephants-586544.html

Dambatenne estate workers want quick action to save their vegetable plots from elephants Nayananda Buwenaka, The Sunday Times February 2, 2025 See link <https://www.sundaytimes.lk/250202/news/dambatenne-estate-workers-want-quick-action-to-save-their-vegetable-plots-from-elephants-586544.html> for photos. The residents of Dambatenne estate in Haputale have complained that wild elephants had ravaged vegetable plots on Friday night. Fearing further attacks they have asked wildlife officials to drive the elephants away. They said the Koslanda town and the Punagala area that are adjacent to Dambatenne estate often face the threat of elephant attacks and they fear the same fate. The estate residents also said tourists who visit the Lipton seat in the area could also be affected. The elephants were on the move and had come to the lower portion of the Pitaratmale estate, following the attack on vegetable plots in the Dambatenne estate. The area Grama Niladhari said they had used crackers to drive away the elephants. https://www.sundaytimes.lk/250202/news/dambatenne-estate-workers-want-quick-action-to-save-their-vegetable-plots-from-elephants-586544.html