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. Rural farmers are resorting to lethal methods such as Jaw Bombs and Trap Guns to kill wild animals including elephants. The Trap Guns are mounted along pathways that elephants enter fields while Jaw […]
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 […]
SRI LANKA’S CARNIVORES
Sri Lanka’s carnivores are under threat, yet many still remain unstudied in the Wasgamuwa area. Our Sri Lankan Carnivore Project is changing that. We are partnering with the Department of Wildlife Conservation to uncover the secret world of Sri Lanka’s carnivores. Work is currently underway to survey and evaluate the status of seven carnivore species, including the sloth […]
BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION PROJECT
We’ve partnered with Spa Ceylon to protect Sri Lanka’s indigenous and endemic butterfly species, promoting biodiversity conservation. Despite its small size, Sri Lanka is home to 248 butterfly species – 31 of which are endemic, which means they are only found in Sri Lanka. Common species are found across the island, but other species are […]