“The Environment and Natural Resources Ministry has stepped up action to implement a pilot project to arrest the human-elephant conflict in Yala and Lunugamwehera through its recently established Elephant Conservation Trust Fund.” - Sri Lanka News
“A National Policy, an Emergency Action Plan and a Coordinated Approach by related Ministries are essential to find a lasting solution to the escalating Human-Elephant Conflict which has so far not been successfully resolved, former Additional Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources Ministry and Working Director of the National Water Supplies and Drainage Board Sunil Sarath Perera said recently.” - Online edition of Daily News
“The Environment and Natural Resources Ministry referring to reports in certain sections of the media regarding elephant deaths at the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage, said these deaths had occurred due to natural causes beyond their control and not due to any negligence on the part of staff attached to the orphanage.” - Daily News Sri Lanka
