Poor waste management turns dump sites into death traps for Sri Lanka’s elephants

Mongabay
Mar 20, 2022, 5:47 am400 pts
COLOMBO — It took a tweet from Hollywood superstar Leonardo DiCaprio to bring the issue of trash-foraging elephants in Sri Lanka to global attention. But local conservationists have long been flagging the problem, one they say is rooted in “short-sighted, politically motivated” planning that continues to…

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Poor waste management turns dump sites into death traps for Sri Lanka’s elephants

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