Deadly garbage dumps pose elephantine problems By Malaka Rodrigo View(s): View(s):An elephant which had been regularly eating garbage at Manampitiya died last Saturday after suffering from a sickness for a month. This well grown male, about 20 years of age, was part of a herd that fed on garbage from a dump at Manampitiya. He said he had treated another elephant about half a kilometre away from the garbage dump at Manampitiya. The Manampitiya dump is not the only one that attracts elephants. A garbage dump in Dambulla attracts elephants.

Source: Sunday Times March 04, 2017 19:30 UTC