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Episode 22 – Flood Plain National Park
We were on the same path I joined the Department of Wildlife Conservation as a beat officer in 1998. I was transferred to Polonnaruwa in 2006, where Flood Plains National Park is located. It was a Sunday, when criminal actions like animal hunting are typically committed. Four of us headed in that direction to visit […]
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කථාංග 22 – ජලගැලුම් නිම්න ජාතික උද්යානය
අපි දෙන්නට එකට අඩි පාරේ වැටුණා මම වනජීවී දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවට බැඳුණේ 1998දී අඩවි ආරක්ෂක ශ්රේණියේ නිලධාරියෙක් විදියට. පොළොන්නරුවේ රාජකාරියට ආවේ 2006 වසරේදී. ජල ගැලුම් නිම්නය ජාතික උද්යානය පොළොන්නරුව ප්රදේශයේ පිහිටලා තියෙන්නේ. එදා ඉරිදා දවසක්. ඉරිදා දවසට සතුන් දඩයම් කිරීම වගේ අනවශ්ය ක්රියා සිද්ධ වෙනවා වැඩියි.ජල ගැලුම් නිම්නය උද්යානයට යන්න අපි...
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அத்தியாயம் 21 – கல்ஓயா தேசிய பூங்கா
காப்பாற்றப்பட்ட யானை எனது நினைவின்படி இச்சம்பவம் 2008 ஆம் ஆண்டு இடம்பெற்றது. நான் அப்போது விலங்கு வைத்தியரொருவராக வனஜீவராசிகள் திணைக்களத்தின் கிழக்குப் பகுதியில் கடமையாற்றினேன். அக்காலத்தில் எல். டீ.டீ.ஈ யுத்தம் காணப்பட்டது. மக்களிடம் துப்பாக்கி காணப்பட்டது. வேட்டைகள் அதிகமாக இருந்தன. யானைகளுக்கும் துப்பாக்கிச் சூடு பட்ட சம்பவங்களும்...
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කථාංග 21 – ගල්ඔය ජාතික උද්යානය
බේරගත්ත අලි පැටියා මට මතක හැටියට මේ සිද්ධිය වුනේ 2008 අවුරුද්දේ. මම එතකොට රාජකාරි කළේ පශු වෛද්යවරයෙක් හැටියට වනජීවී දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ නැගෙනහිර ප්රදේශයේ. ඒ කාලයේ එල්.ටී.ටී.ඊ. යුද්ධය තිබුණා. මිනිස්සු අතරේ තුවක්කු තිබුණා. දඩයම් වැඩියි. අලින්ටත් වෙඩි වැදුණු සිද්ධි තිබුණා. අම්පාර පැත්තේ අලි නැගෙනහිර පලාත පුරාම ඇවිදිනවා. අලි රංචු අපිට නිතර හමුවෙනවා....
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Episode 21 – Gal Oya National Park
The rescuing of young elephant As far as I remember, this incident happened in 2008. I then worked as a Veterinary Surgeon in the Eastern Region of the Wildlife Department. At that time, the LTTE was war there. There were guns among the people and hunting of wild animals was frequent. There were incidents where […]
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அத்தியாயம் 20 – மடுவீதி தேசிய பூங்கா
இறப்பு கண் முன்னே 2004 ஆண்டில் பத்தாம் மாதம் 1 ஆம் திகதி நான் வனஜீவராசிகள் திணைக்களத்துக்கு இணைகிறேன். எனக்கு சேவையாற்றக் கிடைப்பது அனுராதபுர வயம்ப மற்றும் வட பிரதேசங்களிலாகும். இது பாரிய பிரதேசமொன்றாகும். இலங்கையிலிருந்து பாதியொன்றே உள்ளது. அதே போன்று மிகவும் கடினமானது. அதன் போது இப்பக்கத்தில் அதிகளவான பகுதிகள் எல். டீ. டீ. ஈ. யினர்...
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Episode 20 – Madu Road National Park
Confronting death I joined the Department of Wildlife Conservation on 1st October 2004. I had to serve in North West and Anuradhapura North areas. This is a large area; it covers fairly about half of Sri Lanka’s wilderness and it is very difficult as well. At that time, most of the areas on this side […]
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කථාංග 20 – මඩුපාර ජාතික උද්යානය
මරුවා පෙනි පෙනී මම වනජීවී දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවට බැඳෙන්නේ 2004 අවුරුද්දේ දහවැනි මාසයේ 1 වෙනිදා. මට සේවය කරන්න ලැබෙන්නේ අනුරාධපුර වයඹ සහ උතුර ප්රදේශෙයේ. මෙය විශාල ප්රදේශයක්. ලංකාවෙන් භාගයක් විතරම තියෙනවා. ඒ වගේම ඉතා දුෂ්කරයි. ඒ වෙනකොට මේ පැත්තේ බොහෝමයක් ප්රදේශ එල්.ටී.ටී.ය. අල්ලාගෙන හිටියේ. පශු වෛද්යවරුනුත් හිටියේ ඉතාම ටිකදෙනයි. මේ පැත්තේ...
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அத்தியாயம் 19 – மட்டக்களப்பு மாவட்டத்தில் அமைந்துள்ள வனஜீவராசிகள் ஒதுக்கப் பிரதேசங்கள்
சகோதரத்துவம் நான் 2014 ஆம் ஆண்டு மட்டக்களப்பு மாவட்டத்தில் கடமையாற்றினேன். மட்டக்களப்பு மாவட்டத்தில் இடத்துக்கிடம் பல வன ஒதுக்கங்கள் அமைந்திருந்தாலும் அவை வன பாதுகாப்புத் திணைக்களத்துக்கு உரித்தானவை. வனஜீவராசிகள் பாதுகாப்புத் திணைக்களத்துக்கு உரிய வன ஒதுக்கங்கள் இல்லை. எனினும் மட்டக்களப்பு மாவட்டம் முழுவதும் காட்டு யானைகளின் பிரச்சினை...
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Episode 19 – Wildlife Reserves in Batticaloa District
A story about brotherhood It was the year 2014 and those days I was working in Batticaloa District. There are several Reserves located in Batticaloa District and they all belong to the Department of Forest Conservation. There were no Reserves belonging to the Wildlife Department in this area. But the problem of wild elephants is […]
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