The Department of Wildlife Conservation has launched an operation using GPS technology to monitor the migration of wild elephants from several areas in Anuradhapura to the Wilpattu National Park.
The operation, which began in the Oyamaduwa area, involves the installation of GPS collars to monitor the locations of wild elephants and study their migration routes.
The Department of Wildlife Conservation also says that this effort is aimed at better understanding and minimizing human-elephant conflict, which is a persistent problem in many parts of Sri Lanka.
The program is being implemented with the cooperation of wildlife officials, local residents and the Sri Lanka Navy.
In response to this growing problem, a program to bring wild elephants to designated reserves was recently launched in the Anuradhapura district, a district that has been severely affected by crop damage caused by wild elephants.
However, it has so far failed and a herd of over a hundred elephants that escaped from the elephant drive are trapped in the Oyamaduwa farm and Nikawewa area.