Broken Corridors - President Rajapaksa gives away the Dahaiyagala Corridor

The 4 longtime corridors that link Udawalawe thru Dahaiyagala reserve to the hill country, as well as thru Lunugamvehera National Park toward Yala are now closed of for all but the mist bold bull elephants. Udawalawe’s herds now nearly starve during the dry season; calf mortality being extremely high. The final nail in the coffin for the Dahaiyagala corridor was pounded home by President Rajapaksa, after his land giveaway to locals during his highly controversial visit there this year.

This is what happens when elephants are trapped behind fences and trenches in Yala and Udawalawe- sick elephants! See our attached picture album..

If a thriving tourism sector is desired - who in the world would want to travel to Sri Lanka to witness starving, emaciated, if not dying elephants?