by Zacki Jabbar
Sri Lanka is to donate a baby elephant to the Philippines to mark the golden jubilee of bilateral relations between the two countries.
Acting Media Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena told journalists in Colombo yesterday that the Cabinet of ministers had approved a proposal by Prime Minister D. M. Jayaratne to donate a baby elephant from the Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage to the Manila Zoo.
A recent official survey of Sri Lanka’s elephant population indicated that it was growing at a healthy rate and had reached 5,880.
The Cabinet, he said, also decided to commemorate World Habitat Day on October 3, this year.
Since 1986, the first Monday in October had been declared as World Habitat Day, Abeywardena said adding that the objective was to draw the attention of all stakeholders to problems pertaining to housing and settlements with a view to finding solutions.
A Memorandum submitted by Environment Minister Anura Priyadbarshana Yapa, to launch this year’s National Tree Planting Programme -’Deyata Sevana’ on November 15, from ‘Ranaviru Upahara Sandahiruseya’ in Anuradhapura was also approved by the Cabinet, he said.
Abeywardena, said that the tree planting programme will be implemented in collaboration with all Ministries, Departments, Corporations, Statutory Boards, Provincial Councils, focal Authorities and District and Divisional Secretariats.
Among the other decisions taken, he said, was to conduct the National Health Week from October 3 to 9.
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I can't understand connection between 5,880 wild elephants and elephants of Pinnawala elephant conservation center. Because Cabinet of ministers had approved to donate a baby elephant from the Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage and they generalize it by saying "A recent official survey of Sri Lanka’s elephant population indicated that it was growing at a healthy rate and had reached 5,880". My simply question is do Pinnawala elephant conservation center’s elephants, include to the count of 5,880 which result of wild elephant survey?
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