{"id":53852,"date":"2020-12-04T14:36:37","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T14:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=53852"},"modified":"2020-12-04T14:36:37","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T14:36:37","slug":"plans-underway-to-prevent-elephants-from-consuming-polythene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/plans-underway-to-prevent-elephants-from-consuming-polythene\/","title":{"rendered":"Plans underway to prevent elephants from consuming polythene"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Plans underway to prevent elephants from consuming polythene<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53853 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/elephants.jpg\" alt=\"elephants\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">Source:<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\" href=\"https:\/\/ceylontoday.lk\/news\/measures-to-protect-elephants-from-consuming-polythene-currently-in-progress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ceylontoday<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Secretary to the Ministry of Wildlife and Forest Conservation, M.K. Bandula Harischandra, today (30), said that plans are underway to strengthen measures taken to prevent elephants from consuming polythene.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">According to the Ministry, 54 locations where elephants consume polythene have already been identified. However, the the number of places has been later reduced to 15, and nine locations have been protected to prevent elephants from entering.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">In addition, several measures are underway to build elephant fences at Addalachchenai and Buddhangala garbage dumps in a bid to prevent elephants from consuming garbage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Furthermore, the Ministry is planning to prevent elephants from consuming garbage at four more identified locations by 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plans underway to prevent elephants from consuming polythene Source:Ceylontoday Secretary to the Ministry of Wildlife and Forest Conservation, M.K. Bandula Harischandra, today (30), said that plans are underway to strengthen measures taken to prevent elephants from consuming polythene. 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