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Eco Shame: The Garbage-Eating Elephants Of Sri Lanka
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Published on October 1, 2020 - Duration: 01:20s
Eco Shame: The Garbage-Eating Elephants Of Sri Lanka
These harrowing images show elephants foraging for food on a huge pile of garbage.
They were taken in Sri Lanka by Tharmaplan Tilaxan, a Jaffna-based photographer.
He has observed the open waste dump amidst the jungles of the Eastern province for many months.
He says: "elephants normally travel over 30km per day and seed up to 3,500 new trees a day".
"For the Oluvhil Palakadhu elephants many things have changed & their changed behavior will change our landscape."
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