- Wednesday, May 08, 2024
By: Eastern Eye Staff
Two young elephants washed out to sea were saved from drowning Sunday (23) by the Sri Lankan navy in the second such incident off the island in as many weeks. The navy said the pair of wild elephants were brought ashore after a “mammoth effort” involving navy divers, ropes and a flotilla of boats to tow them back to shallow waters. Photos showed the elephants in distress, barely keeping their trunks above water in the deep seas about one kilometre off the coast of Sri Lanka. “Having safely guided the two elephants to the shore, they were subsequently released to the Foul Point jungle…
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