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Elephant treated for gun wounds
View(s):Veterinary Surgeon Isuru Kottegoda and Wildlife Officials have started treating a 2-year-old elephant found to have sustained gun shot injuries in the Elukuthuwa Tank Reserve in Kottukachchiya, Anamaduwa.
The officials believe that the elephant had been hit by a trap gun and had been injured a week back. Villagers had alerted the officials that they had seen the elephant limping, and after a search of several days the elephant was located.
Veterinary Surgeon Kottegoda said the elephant was treated for about three hours initially, after which it had calmed down and fallen asleep. Further treatment is to be provided in the next few days. He said it was convenient to treat the animal as it had separated from the herd.
Pix and text by Hiran Priyankara Jayasinghe
