November 26, 2020 - The Independent (UK)

SRI LANKA: Heartbreaking images show hungry elephants looking for food in landfill

Locals say some of the animals have died after consuming plastic and other waste from the landfill site in Ampara, Sri Lanka.

Images and videos of a herd of desperate wild elephants rummaging through mounds of rubbish in a landfill site have drawn attention to the plight of the animals in Sri Lanka’s Ampara, where the country is planning to build a moat to reduce human-animal conflict.

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