{"id":55011,"date":"2017-09-05T23:16:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T03:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=55011"},"modified":"2017-09-05T23:16:00","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T03:16:00","slug":"deputy-minister-paranawithana-wants-to-export-sri-lankan-elephants-abroad-and-sell-them-off-as-pets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=55011","title":{"rendered":"Deputy Minister Paranawithana   Wants to  Export  Sri Lankan Elephants Abroad and Sell Them Off as Pets."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By<\/p>\n<p>Chaturanga Pradeep<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wild life laws should be amended and new laws should be implemented for common animal species that were considered threat to humans, Skills Development and Vocational Training Deputy Minister Karunarathne Paranawithana suggested while attending the Balangoda Coordination Committee yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>The minister said most of the wild animals had some form of threat to humans and suitable measures should be taken to control the fast spreading animal species to minimise the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen it comes to human-elephant conflict, it had been a major problem in rural areas.<\/p>\n<p>There are about 6,000 elephants in the country and its population is increasing rapidly. 6,000 elephants are too many for Sri Lankan forests to sustain. 4,000 elephants are more than enough,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><br \/>\n\u201cI\u2019m not recommending killing the elephants, but country\u2019s animal rights and wild life laws should be amended. The laws should be amended to rear elephants as pets and surplus wild-elephants should be given to other countries to control the elephant population,\u201d Minister Paranawithana said.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Several participants made the Deputy Minister aware of the nuisance caused by other wild animals like wild boar and monkeys.<\/p>\n<p>In response Deputy Minister Paranawithana stated that, if laws had been enforced legalising the killing of such animals, people should be allowed to sell their meat as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one fusses about killing of mosquitoes. The social dialog regarding animal rights have become no more practical,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said that he would discuss the matter in the next parliament session. <\/p>\n<p><em>Courtesy:Daily Mirror<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton55011\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float:right;margin-left:10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdbsjeyaraj.com%2Fdbsj%2F%3Fp%3D55011&amp;text=Deputy%20Minister%20Paranawithana%20%20%20Wants%20to%20%20Export%20%20Sri%20Lankan%20Elephants%20Abroad%20and%20Sell%20Them%20Off%20as%20Pets.&amp;related=&amp;lang=en&amp;count=horizontal\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  style=\"width:55px;height:22px;background:transparent url('https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-tweet-button\/tweetn.png') no-repeat  0 0;text-align:left;text-indent:-9999px;display:block;\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Chaturanga Pradeep Wild life laws should be amended and new laws should be implemented for common animal species that were considered threat to humans, Skills Development and Vocational Training Deputy Minister Karunarathne Paranawithana suggested while attending the Balangoda Coordination Committee yesterday. 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