Chandima Fernando
Ecologist
Sri Lanka Wildlife Conservation Society
March 25, 2017
In recent years, the use of remote camera traps has revolutionized wildlife research.
Here in Wasgamuwa, we use remote cameras* to collect valuable information about our elephants.
Pic 1 - This is a recent picture taken on March 09, 2017 from one of our cameras, a dominant male whom we had named Gayantha, is walking out from the Wasgamuwa National Park early in the morning at 4.38 am.
Pic 2 - On the same day (2017/03/09) at about 16.30 in the afternoon, I encountered him alone at the Weheragala Tank (wewa). He was in musth.