PARLIAMENT

Hon. Ruwan Wijeweera,—To ask the Minister of Environment,— (1)

(a) Will he inform this House of the —

(i) total number of wild elephants living in Sri Lanka;

(ii) number of wild elephants and wild tuskers that were killed due to the elephant-human conflict in each of the years from 2020 to 2024, separately;

(iii) key factors that have contributed to the elephant - human conflict; and

(iv) measures that have been taken to manage the elephant - human conflict?

(b) If not, why?