Sri Lanka begins census of monkeys, peacocks and squirrels

THE government carried out a nationwide census yesterday of nuisance wildlife, including monkeys and peacocks, in a bid to ...
The Special Committee for Reducing Damages Caused by Wild Animals (SCRDCWA) was appointed by the Ministry of Agriculture to ...
Sri Lanka will conduct its first-ever animal census, excluding elephants, officials said on Friday. Officials said people ...
The animal census to be undertaken in Sri Lanka is aimed at assessing annual crop damage in the island country. Officials ...
Sri Lanka removed several species from its protected list in 2023, including all three of its monkey species as well as peacocks and wild boars, allowing farmers to kill them.
Sri Lanka’s newly appointed minister of agriculture K. D. Lalkantha told the Parliament that farmers should have the right to ...