Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage Photo by Trixie - Text by Siri
The elephant population in Sri Lanka, like in many other tropical countries, is dwindling at an alarming rate. In the early part of the century big game hunters "bagged" many of these magnificent beasts for their valuable tusks and to satisfy their manly egos. Now, the endless ethnic conflict in the north and east, with their left over land mines, and poachers, slowly but surely are, driving the remaining few thousands of elephants into extinction. The unceasing destruction of their habitat by the ever increasing human population is not helping matters either.

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