{"id":3746,"date":"2022-11-24T11:09:46","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T03:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gallagher-photo.com\/?page_id=3746"},"modified":"2023-02-16T16:29:37","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T08:29:37","slug":"environmental-stories-sri-lanka-last-elephants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gallagher-photo.com\/environmental-stories-sri-lanka-last-elephants\/","title":{"rendered":"Human-Elephant Conflict in Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3746\" class=\"elementor elementor-3746\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"jarallax lazyload elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fe7d07 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-jarallax=\"\" data-speed=\"0.75\" data-type=\"scroll\" data-parallax=\"scroll\" style=\"background-image:inherit;\" 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data-widget_type=\"section-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"section-heading headingstyle-subtitle\"><h5 class=\"entry-sub-title section-sub-title\">HUMAN-ELEPHANT CONFLICT<\/h5><div class=\"section-title-wrapper\"><h2 class=\"entry-title section-title\"><\/h2><\/div><div class=\"section-button\"><a  href=\"#\"><div class=\"mtheme-button\">SRI LANKA, 2015<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-765a40da elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"765a40da\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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.elementor-testimonial-image{display:block}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta.elementor-testimonial-image-position-top .elementor-testimonial-image{margin-bottom:20px}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-content\">The Sri Lankan elephant (Elephas maximus maximus) is listed as \u201cendangered\u201d on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species and it is believed only between 2500-4000 remain in the wild, a population drop of approx. 50% in the past 60-75 years.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-202ed82 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"202ed82\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8f7959d\" data-id=\"8f7959d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-396774b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"396774b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 25-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>According to IUCN, \u201cThe species was once found throughout Sri Lanka, but today elephants are restricted mostly to the lowlands in the dry zone\u2026the species continues to lose range to development activities throughout the island.\u201d<\/p><p>Sri Lanka is one of the world\u2019s most threatened biodiversity hotspots and is an important example of the struggle developing nations have with exploitation of their natural resources, at the cost of precious endemic fauna and flora.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The clearest example of this is in the increase of human-elephant conflict which is claiming the lives of approximately 50 people and 100 elephants each year across the country.<\/p><p>As habitat fragmentation occurs, due to deforestation for tea plantations, agriculture, new development projects, small-scale farming etc., wild elephant herds are increasingly venturing into human settlements to find food. In these situations, conflict inevitably occurs and as elephants contribute in destroying local people\u2019s crops, they are often killed as pests, or hunted in revenge and killed.<\/p><p>Deforestation and habitat fragmentation over many decades, during and since colonial rule, have pushed the two groups closer together, increasing conflict dramatically.<\/p><p>Historically, Sri Lanka has had a deep connection with the elephant. It is an animal that is both revered in culture and religion, but is now becoming a symbol of conflict in this fast-changing post-war developing nation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ab1eb3c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ab1eb3c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-63ecb3c\" data-id=\"63ecb3c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7b5b8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b7b5b8b\" 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