NEW LIFE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY
Inspiring a cultural transformation in elephant care, conservation and coexistence with our elephant sanctuary. New Life Elephant Sanctuary© (NLES) is a groundbreaking elephant welfare initiative, and will be the first sanctuary in Sri Lanka for captive elephants. It will provide high quality veterinary care and offer sanctuary to Sri Lanka’s working elephants (young and old) who have […]
ANTI-POACHING K9 PROJECT
The SLWCS Anti-poaching K9 Unit will detect lethal jaw bombs, trap guns and wire snares in the Wasgamuwa Region of Sri Lanka. Project Overview In rural Sri Lanka, escalating human-elephant conflict has driven some farmers to use deadly and inhumane methods—such as Jaw Bombs and Trap Guns—to deter elephants from entering fields and home gardens. […]
MAHAWELI RIVER WATERKEEPER
Ensuring clean, abundant water and a healthy watershed for people, elephants, and other wildlife. It is an honor for us to have been designated the official Mahaweli River Waterkeeper by the Waterkeeper Alliance, which works to strengthen and grow a global network of grassroots leaders protecting everyone’s right to clean water. This is the first time in Sri Lanka that a […]
ELEVETS
Working hand-in-hand with experts to bring quality veterinary care to Sri Lanka’s captive elephants. For millennia, the people of Sri Lanka have maintained a sacred fellowship with Asian elephants. Elephants are an important part of the country’s culture, traditions, ecology, and economy. Yet there is a paradoxical reality behind this long-standing relationship. Captive elephants—including many taken from the wild—are forced […]
The Carnivore Project
Sri Lanka’s carnivores are under threat, yet many still remain unstudied in the Wasgamuwa area. Our Sri Lankan Carnivore Project is changing that. Project Overview The GPS Satellite Tracking of Sri Lankan Leopards (Panthera pardus kotiya) and Sloth Bears (Melursus ursinus inornatus) by the Sri Lanka Wildlife Conservation Society (SLWCS) and the Department of Wildlife […]
BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION PROJECT
Evaluating Butterfly Species Richness, Abundance, and Habitat Preferences Project Overview To evaluate butterfly species richness, abundance, and habitat preferences across landscapes with varying habitats, and to study butterfly population structure and habitat associations in anthropogenically influenced landscapes in Wasgamuwa, Sri Lanka. Summary This ecological research project which was initiated in 2023, investigates butterfly diversity and […]