{"id":97539,"date":"2022-08-14T13:29:05","date_gmt":"2022-08-14T13:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=97539"},"modified":"2022-08-14T13:29:05","modified_gmt":"2022-08-14T13:29:05","slug":"govt-dethrones-national-mammal-giant-squirrel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/govt-dethrones-national-mammal-giant-squirrel\/","title":{"rendered":"Govt. dethrones national mammal giant squirrel"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"mvp-post-title left entry-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Govt. dethrones national mammal giant squirrel<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97540\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/mammal-giant-squirrel-e1660483403538.jpg\" alt=\"mammal giant squirrel\" width=\"600\" height=\"503\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Source:<\/span><\/strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/island.lk\/govt-dethrones-national-mammal-giant-squirrel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Island<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The government had decided to remove the grizzled giant squirrel as the national mammal of Sri Lanka, given that it is an animal that caused much crop damage through its voracious eating habits, the Minister of Agriculture, Mahinda Amaraweera, said yesterday.The Minister said that a number of farmers\u2019 associations have asked him to delist the giant squirrel as the national mammal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The farmers say that the grizzled giant squirrel is one of the biggest threats to crops and they can\u2019t do anything against it because it is the national mammal.Minister Amaraweera said the government was sensitive to the issue and plans to replace the grizzled giant squirrel with an endemic mammal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cI will talk about this matter with all stakeholders including the Consultative Committee on National Heritages. 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