Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena gave PM John Key a deed of ownership for 5-year-old Nandi. Photo / AFP Auckland Zoo has confirmed the baby elephant gifted to New Zealand in Sri Lanka this ...

Expensive and high-maintenance, baby elephants have become the ultimate status symbol for Sri Lanka's wealthy elite -- a trend that has horrified conservationists and prompted a government crackdown.

Sri Lanka adoption: The babies who were given away. 14 March 2021. Share Save. Saroj Pathirana. ... Thousands of Sri Lankan babies were put up for adoption between the 1960s and 1980s ...

— -- It took several people, including a wildlife rescue team, to pull a baby elephant from the open drain into which it had fallen Sunday in an underdeveloped Sri Lankan town. Officials ...

It's not surprising given that food prices in Sri Lanka went up by 80% in June alone. "I see a lot of children especially, most of them are malnourished," he says. 'Living in my car for two days ...