The Ministry of Sustainable Development and Wildlife has taken measures to increase the legal punishment for the killing of tuskers.
Minister Gamini Jayawickrama Perera said, officials of the Department of Wildlife and the Attorney General’s Department will meet day after tomorrow to discuss further on the matter.
Four tuskers were killed in the recent past.
According to a senior official of the department, one tusker at Ambanpola was gunned down yesterday.
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