Monday, July 2, 2012

Victims of callousness

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The don’t care attitude of drivers has resulted in many tragic deaths of elephants in the Karuwalagaswewa and Tabbowa areas along the Puttalam-Anuradhapura road.

 
Despite well-displayed warning signs which indicate the places where elephants usually cross, a number of accidents take place because drivers do not pay attention to them.
 
Within a month two tragic incidents of elephants falling victim to speeding vehicles were reported.
In one incident a female elephant was killed while in the other a calf died.
 
Our pictures portray the incidents. In one an elephant calf was thrown thirty metres from where a speeding vehicle collided with it.
 
In May a female elephant succumbed to its injuries, a few days after it was hit by a vehicle. However, the drivers who were responsible for the deaths of these elephants have not yet been apprehended.
 
 

Source: http://www.sundaytimes.lk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21161:victims-of-callousness&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=547

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