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50,000 acres of Horowpathana Forest to be declared National Park

“This forest receives the highest rainfall in the Anuradhapura District and is a natural habitat of leopards, elephants and other small animals such as deer, sambur, bear, rabbits and mouse-deer which can be seen moving freely in this area. DWLC officials estimate that around 400 wild elephants use the Horowpathana Forest area as their habitat.” - Online edition of Daily News

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Posted on Sunday, February 20th, 2005 at 8:53 am

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