Majestic Nalaka on his evening walk to Korawaka wewa Yala, In 2020 it was recorded that the island has a population of approximately 5800 gentle giants, sadly 361 have died the same year. This is mainly due to elephants coming into conflict with rural communities and famers invading buffer zones or forest reserves. The Environment budget for 2021is 6700 million out of which 3000 million is allocated to minimize the Elephant Human conflict.

Sri Lanka Budget 2021: We will allocate, Rs. 3,000 million to establish elephant fencing and trenches, and also to construct tanks in the wildlife areas while meeting the requirement for food of the animals, protecting wildlife habitats, also to empower the communities to engage in community safeguard mechanisms, with a view to mitigate the loss of property and life that arises due to the human elephant conflict