The fall of Kavantissa: A call for better elephant protection
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by Tharindu Muthukumarana Author of the award-winning book "The Life of Last Proboscideans: Elephants" (tharinduele@gmail.com) Kavantissa was a tusker that roamed the Galgamuwa and Anuradhapura areas. With his elegant tusks, he was recently...
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- —by Tharindu Muthukumarana Author of the award-winning book "The Life of Last Proboscideans: Elephants" (tharinduele@gmail.com) Kavantissa was a tusker that roamed the Galgamuwa and Anuradhapura areas.
- —With his elegant tusks, he was recently regarded, anecdotally, as the largest tusker in Sri Lanka.
- —He was well known for crossing the Ambanpola–Galgamuwa road, which adjoins the Kasikote [].
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