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JWM: Sri Lankan elephants face danger despite protections

July 13, 2021

Despite a ban on elephant killing and the development of several protected areas for the animals to roam, some farmers still take the lives of the pachyderms in northwestern Sri Lanka to protect their land. …

WSB study: The sound of female elephants could drive away crop-raiding males

August 12, 2016

When a bull elephant decides to eat a farmer’s crops, no puny human voice is likely to change its mind. But the voices of female elephants are a different matter, according to a recent study …