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A total of 3,477 wild elephants and 1,190 people died in Sri Lanka between 2015 and 2024 due to the ongoing human-elephant conflict, said a minister on Thursday.
Minister of Environment Dammika Patabendi told parliament that 1,466 wild elephants died between 2015 and 2019, while 2,011 more fatalities were recorded from 2020 to 2024.
Regarding human fatalities, 456 deaths occurred between 2015 and 2019, and 734 people died between 2020 and 2024.
Decorated elephants walk past the historic Buddhist Temple of the Tooth during a procession celebrating the Esala Perahera festival in the ancient hill capital of Kandy, Sri Lanka, August 29, 2023. /VCG
Patabendi acknowledged that resolving the human-elephant conflict would take time but assured lawmakers that adequate funds would be allocated in the upcoming budget to address the issue.
As part of the government's plan, measures under consideration include constructing electric fences, reopening blocked elephant corridors and increasing the availability of food in the forests where elephants reside, he said.
(Cover: Elephants stroll inside the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka, January 15, 2022. /VCG)