Another tusker found dead in Puttalam

Another elephant, a single tusker, was found shot dead at the Sellankandal Forest Reserve in Puttalam yesterday, Wild Life officials said.

They said that they suspect the elephant could be around 30-years old and might have been killed a day before yesterday.

A man who had gone to the forest to graze his cow had seen the elephant carcass and had informed the Wild Life officials.

They said several gunshot wounds had been detected on the carcass.

The autopsy into the elephant’s death is expected to be conducted today.

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