ලොකු සත්තු මරල පොඩි සත්තු අල්ලා විකුණන ජාවාරමකුත් තිබ්බ නේද කාලෙකට කලින්
මේ රටේ ඒ කොටස ආගම පාවිච්චි කරන්නේ වෑඩේ කර ගන්න පමණයි.. එහෙම පොඩි එවුන් අරන් ඈවිත් පන්සල් වලටත් දීලා තිබ්බේ.. පෑනලා ගිය එකාගේ අලි නම් හමුදාවට දුන්නා නේද?
wo Sri Lankan elephant homes have returned 13 of the young animals stolen from wildlife parks back to their alleged captors following a court order, officials said Friday.
Elephants are considered sacred in Sri Lanka and their capture in the wild is illegal, but many people own the animals under special permits as a symbol of wealth.
Criminal investigators in 2015 seized at least 13 baby elephants stolen from wildlife parks, including by a Buddhist monk.
But in a controversial twist this week, the police Criminal Investigations Department secured an order from a Colombo court to return them to the alleged captors.
The CID told the court that new regulations on tamed elephants allowed owners to register their pets with wildlife authorities.
Six elephants were taken away from the Pinnawala orphanage chained up and moved in trucks, while another seven were returned from a home in the south of the island.
Another elephant that a court said was given by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to the orphanage six years ago was also returned.