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Sri Lanka returns orphaned baby elephants to the wild
0 Comments | AFP, June, 2008
UDAWALAWE, Sri Lanka (AFP) — Sri Lanka on Saturday released eight orphaned baby elephants into the jungle after rescuing them from near certain death, wildlife officials said.
The eight baby jumbos were freed from the Elephant Transit Home where they had been cared for inside the sprawling Udawalawe wildlife sanctuary.
The jumbos arrived by truck and were let loose in the jungle to integrate with an estimated 400 wild elephants at Udawalawe park.
Their progress will be monitored with the aid of radio collars.
"This is the eighth batch of baby elephants we are releasing since we started this programme in 1998," said Tharaka Prasad, the vet taking care of the jumbos at the transit home.
With the eight taken deep into the heart of the wildlife...
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