By Mongabay.com The sawfish, recognizable by its distinctive saw-shaped snout or rostrum, is now thought to be “functionally ...

Sri Lanka’s long-awaited Animal Welfare Bill, aimed at replacing the country’s 119-year-old animal protection law, has ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A passenger train hit an elephant herd near a wildlife sanctuary in Sri Lanka, killing six of the animals, an official said Thursday. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...

Sri Lankan authorities are considering banning the use of a human contraceptive injection for animals. A proposed pilot project to inject a human contraceptive on 50,000 dogs sparked outrage, ...

There are street dogs and cats all over the world, but one country that sometimes goes under the radar when we think of those with large populations is Sri Lanka. However, it’s thought that there are ...

In one of the worst wildlife tragedies in Sri Lanka, a train transporting fuel collided with a herd of wild elephants, ...

Sri Lanka’s long-standing challenges in animal welfare have once again come into sharp focus, as conservationists and activists renew calls for urgent legal reform, humane population management, and ...

Skyrocketing food prices that have plunged Sri Lankans into hardship look set to affect the 4,500 animals at the country’s main zoo. Dehiwala Zoo in Colombo has been hit by both runaway inflation and ...