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20 May 2023

idences to see the elephants. The Wildlife Department is postmorteming an elephant's body after its tusks were chopped off by smugglers on May 20, 2023 in Habarana, Sri Lanka. Elephas maximus maximus, the Sri Lankan wild elephant, is being threatened due to humans clearing forests and building settlements, leading to frequent visits to elephant villages and creating an elephant-human conflict. In 2022, 433 elephant deaths and 145 human deaths will have been reported due to this problem, and from January 1 to April 25, 2023, 114 elephant deaths have been reported. In the Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, and Eastern Provinces, 34, 29, and 19 elephant deaths have been reported respectively. In 2023, 36 people will have died due to elephant-human conflict. Sri Lankans have been taming and using wild elephants for cultural and religious activities since ancient times, and they are still being used for Buddhist processions such as the Kandy Dalada Perahera. Elephants are also beneficial for Sri Lanka's tourism industry, as many tourists come to see them and the country receives a lot of foreign exchange from their visits to parks in different provinces.

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20 May 2023

ant conflict is a major problem in Sri Lanka. A police officer is processing the postmortem reports of a Sri Lankan wild elephant, known as Elephas maximus maximus by its scientific name, on May 20, 2023 in Habarana, Sri Lanka. According to the Wildlife Department, over 7,000 elephants have been reported across Sri Lanka and they are losing their habitat due to humans clearing forests and building settlements, leading to frequent visits to elephant villages and creating an elephant-human conflict. In 2022, 433 elephant deaths and 145 human deaths will have been reported due to this problem. From January 1 to April 25, 2023, 114 elephant deaths have been reported, with 34 from Anuradhapura district, 29 from Polonnaruwa district, and 19 from Eastern Province. In 2023, 36 people will have died due to elephant-human conflict. Sri Lankans have been taming and using wild elephants for their cultural and religious activities since ancient times, and elephants have been used by man since the days of the kings of Sri Lanka, through the Portuguese and Dutch eras, and to the present day. Elephants are still widely used for Buddhist processions, such as the Kandy Dalada Perahera, and are useful for the development of Sri Lanka's tourism industry, bringing in a lot of foreign exchange. However, the human-elephant conflict remains a major problem in Sri Lanka.

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#10063316

20 May 2023

ets a lot of destruction and death. A JCB dozer is burying the dead body of an elephant in Habarana, Sri Lanka, on May 20, 2023. The Sri Lankan wild elephant, scientifically known as Elephas maximus maximus, is reported to have over 7,000 across the country. Humans have been clearing forests and building settlements, leading to the loss of elephants' habitats and frequent visits to elephant villages, resulting in an elephant-human conflict. In 2022, 433 elephant deaths and 145 human deaths will have been reported due to this problem. From January 1 to April 25, 2023, 114 elephant deaths have been reported, with 34 from Anuradhapura district, 29 from Polonnaruwa district, and 19 from Eastern Province. In 2023, 36 people will have died due to the conflict. Sri Lankans have been taming and using wild elephants for cultural and religious activities since ancient times, and elephants have been used for war, such as when King Dutugemunu (101-77 BC) used an elephant named Kandula. Elephants are still widely used for Buddhist processions, such as the Kandy Dalada Perahera. They are also useful for the development of Sri Lanka's tourism industry, as many tourists come to see them and the country receives a lot of foreign exchange from visitors to the parks in different provinces. However, the human-elephant conflict causes a lot of destruction and death.

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20 May 2023

ict is a major problem in Sri Lanka. A JCB dozer is digging a hole to bury the dead body of an elephant in Habarana, Sri Lanka, on May 20, 2023. The Sri Lankan wild elephant, scientifically known as Elephas maximus maximus, is reported to have over 7,000 across Sri Lanka, according to the Wildlife Department. Humans have been clearing forests and building settlements, resulting in the loss of elephants' habitats and frequent visits to elephant villages, creating an elephant-human conflict. In 2022, 433 elephant deaths and 145 human deaths will have been reported due to this problem, and from January 1 to April 25, 2023, 114 elephant deaths have been reported. The Wildlife Department has reported 34 elephant deaths from Anuradhapura district, 29 from Polonnaruwa district, and 19 from Eastern Province so far in 2023, and 36 people will have died due to elephant-human conflict in the same year. Sri Lankans have had a long relationship with elephants, taming and using them for cultural and religious activities since ancient times, as well as for war. Even today, elephants are widely used for Buddhist processions, such as the Kandy Dalada Perahera, and are beneficial for Sri Lanka's tourism industry, as many tourists come to see them. The human-elephant conflict is a major problem in Sri Lanka.

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#8556832

18 July 2022

People clearing debris of the destroyed Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding, that was struck with four missiles, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, 16 July 2022. Mykolaiv, a port city near where the Southern Bug flows into the Black Sea, has been a target of Russian attacks throughout its current invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian forces here repelled an initial advance from Russian-held territory nearby, but the city has experienced frequent shelling and air strikes even as Russia shifts the focus of its war to the eastern Donbas region.

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18 July 2022

Students clearing debris of the destroyed secondary school No 14, that was shelled, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, 16 July 2022. Mykolaiv, a port city near where the Southern Bug flows into the Black Sea, has been a target of Russian attacks throughout its current invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian forces here repelled an initial advance from Russian-held territory nearby, but the city has experienced frequent shelling and air strikes even as Russia shifts the focus of its war to the eastern Donbas region.

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18 July 2022

Students clearing debris of the destroyed secondary school No 14, that was shelled, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, 16 July 2022. Mykolaiv, a port city near where the Southern Bug flows into the Black Sea, has been a target of Russian attacks throughout its current invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian forces here repelled an initial advance from Russian-held territory nearby, but the city has experienced frequent shelling and air strikes even as Russia shifts the focus of its war to the eastern Donbas region.

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18 July 2022

Students clearing debris of the destroyed secondary school No 14, that was shelled, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, 16 July 2022. Mykolaiv, a port city near where the Southern Bug flows into the Black Sea, has been a target of Russian attacks throughout its current invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian forces here repelled an initial advance from Russian-held territory nearby, but the city has experienced frequent shelling and air strikes even as Russia shifts the focus of its war to the eastern Donbas region.

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18 July 2022

Students clearing debris of the destroyed secondary school No 14, that was shelled, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, 16 July 2022. Mykolaiv, a port city near where the Southern Bug flows into the Black Sea, has been a target of Russian attacks throughout its current invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian forces here repelled an initial advance from Russian-held territory nearby, but the city has experienced frequent shelling and air strikes even as Russia shifts the focus of its war to the eastern Donbas region.

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18 July 2022

Students clearing debris of the destroyed secondary school No 14, that was shelled, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, 16 July 2022. Mykolaiv, a port city near where the Southern Bug flows into the Black Sea, has been a target of Russian attacks throughout its current invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian forces here repelled an initial advance from Russian-held territory nearby, but the city has experienced frequent shelling and air strikes even as Russia shifts the focus of its war to the eastern Donbas region.

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18 July 2022

Students clearing debris of the destroyed secondary school No 14, that was shelled, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, 16 July 2022. Mykolaiv, a port city near where the Southern Bug flows into the Black Sea, has been a target of Russian attacks throughout its current invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian forces here repelled an initial advance from Russian-held territory nearby, but the city has experienced frequent shelling and air strikes even as Russia shifts the focus of its war to the eastern Donbas region.

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30 August 2021

People visit the Lisbon Oceanarium, on August 30, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The Lisbon Oceanarium is a public aquarium that usually receives more than one million visitors a year. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it has implemented a reduction in the number of visitors, carrying out frequent cleaning actions of spaces and mandatory use of masks during the visit

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30 August 2021

People visit the Lisbon Oceanarium, on August 30, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The Lisbon Oceanarium is a public aquarium that usually receives more than one million visitors a year. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it has implemented a reduction in the number of visitors, carrying out frequent cleaning actions of spaces and mandatory use of masks during the visit

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30 August 2021

People visit the Lisbon Oceanarium, on August 30, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The Lisbon Oceanarium is a public aquarium that usually receives more than one million visitors a year. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it has implemented a reduction in the number of visitors, carrying out frequent cleaning actions of spaces and mandatory use of masks during the visit

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30 August 2021

People visit the Lisbon Oceanarium, on August 30, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The Lisbon Oceanarium is a public aquarium that usually receives more than one million visitors a year. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it has implemented a reduction in the number of visitors, carrying out frequent cleaning actions of spaces and mandatory use of masks during the visit

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30 August 2021

General view of the pinguim of the Lisbon Oceanarium, on August 30, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The Lisbon Oceanarium is a public aquarium that usually receives more than one million visitors a year. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it has implemented a reduction in the number of visitors, carrying out frequent cleaning actions of spaces and mandatory use of masks during the visit

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