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Episode 4 – Yala National Park
TERROR AT THE PARK This incident I am about to tell you occurredon the 15th of October 2007. I waseleven years into my career, having started out in 1996 as a Wildlife Guide, and now a Second-GradeRanger stationed atthe ‘Palatupana’ center atYala National Park. Every year, it is conventional practice to close Yala National Park […]
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அத்தியாயம் 3 – கவுடுல்லா தேசிய பூங்கா
இரண்டு அபாயங்கள் ஒன்றாக 2004 ஆம் ஆண்டு செப்டெம்பர் மாதம் போயா தினமொன்றில் கவுடுள்ள வன பூங்காவிற்கு உரித்தானகிதுல் உதுவ எனும் பிரதேசத்தில் இச்சம்பவம் நடைபெற்றது. அப்போது நான் கவுடுள்ள தேசிய பூங்காவில் பொலன்னறுவை வன விலங்கு அதிகாரியாகக் கடமையாற்றிக் கொண்டிருந்தேன். எனக்கு இரவு 12.45 மணியளவில் அலுத் ஓயாவிலிருந்து மெதிரிகிரிய கவுடுள்ள பூங்கா ஊடாக...
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කථාංගය 3 – කවුඩුල්ල ජාතික වනෝද්යානය
අනතුරු දෙකක් එකට මේ සිද්ධිය වුනේ 2004 අවුරුද්දේ සැප්තැම්බර් මාසේ පෝය දවසක,කවුඩුල්ල වන උද්යානයට අයිති කිතුල් උතුවකියනප්රදේශයේ . එතකොට මම වැඩ කළේකවුඩුල්ල ජාතික උද්යායේ පොළොන්නරුව වන සත්ව අධිකාරි විදිහට. මට රෑ 12.45 ට විතර ඔත්තුවක් ලැබුණාඅළුත් ඔය ඉඳලා මැදිරිගිරියට කවුඩුල්ල උද්යානය හරහා ලී ප්රවාහනයක් සිද්ධ වෙනවා කියලා. වනජීවී දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව හෝ...
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Episode 3 – Kaudulla National Park
A Close Call This incident occurred on a Poya day in the month of September 2004, at the ‘KithulUthuwa’ area, which falls under the jurisdiction of the Kaudalla National Park. At the time, my rank was that of ‘Wildlife Ranger Class 1’ of Polonnaruwaunder Kaudalla National Park. After midnight, around 12:45 am, I received word […]
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அத்தியாயம் 2 – கஹல்லே பல்லேகெலே சரணாலயம்
சதுப்புமுதலை என் பின்னால் துரத்தியது நான் சேவைக்கு இணைந்த காலத்தில் இந்நிகழ்வு நடந்தது. அப்போது, வில்பத்து வனம் எட்டாகப் பிரிக்கப்பட்டிருந்தது. எனக்கு, 3 ஆம் தர வனப் பாதுகாப்பு உத்தியோகத்தராக ‘பொம்பரிப்பு’ எனும் இடத்தில் தொழில் கிடைத்தது. அக்காலத்தில் கள வேலைகளுக்கு அரசிடமிருந்து வாகனங்கள் தரப்படவில்லை. நாம் கால்நடை அல்லது சைக்கிள் மூலமே பயணம்...
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කථාංගය 2 – කහල්ලේ පල්ලෙකැලේ අභයභූමිය
හැල කිඹුලා පස්සෙන් පැන්නුවා මේ සිද්ධිය වුනේ මාව රස්සාවට බඳවා ගත්ත කාලේ. විල්පත්තු වනය අඩවි අටකට බෙදලා තියෙනවා. මට රැකියාව ලැබුණේ ‘පොම්පරිප්පුව’ කියන අඩවියේ, 3 ශ්රේණිය වන අඩවි ආරක්ෂක වරයෙක් විදිහට. මේ කාලේ ක්ෂේත්ර වැඩ වලට අපට රජයෙන් වාහන ලැබුණේ නෑ.අපි ගමන් කළේ පයින් නැත්නම් පා පැදි වලින්. මේ මාර්ගයේ පරණ වෙල් යායක් තිබුණා. ඒ […]
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Episode 2 – Kahalle Pallekele Sanctuary
Chased by a marsh crocodile This incident occurred at the start of my career. The Wilpattu National Park was divided into eight divisions. I had started as a Third Grade Ranger in one of those divisions, called ‘Pomparippuwa’. In those days we were not assigned vehicles for field work by the Sri Lankan government. We […]
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அத்தியாயம் 1 – வில்பத்து தேசியப் பூங்கா
வனங்களில் சோதனைகளும் அனுபவங்களும் வனஜீவராசிகள் மற்றும் வனப் பாதுகாப்புத் திணைக்களங்களில் சேவையாற்றும் உத்தியோகப் பற்றுள்ளவர்கள் கடமைகளில் மிகுந்த அர்ப்பணிப்புடன் தமது அலுவலகங்களில் பணியாற்றுகின்றனர். இரையைத் தேடிச் செல்லும் கொடிய விலங்குகளையும்‚ அவற்றிலிருந்து தப்பித்து விரண்டோடும் இரையாகக் கூடிய விலங்குகளும் அடங்கிய வன விலங்குகளின் அபூர்வ...
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කථාංගය 1 – විල්පත්තු ජාතික වනෝද්යානය
අලියා පැන්නෙ මගේ ඇඟට උඩින් මට මතක හැටියට මේ සිදුවීම සිද්ධ වුනේ එක්දහස් නවසිය අසූ හතර අවුරුද්දේ පෙබරවාරි මාසයේදී අලි ඇල්ලීමේ මෙහෙයුමක් තිබුණා ගල්ගමුව රැස්වෙහෙර ප්රදේශයේ. අලි ඇල්ලීමේ මෙහෙයුමක් කියන්නෙ අලි අල්ලලා වාහනයක පටවලා ගිහින් නිදහස් කිරීමක්. මේ වෙන කොට මම සේවයට බැඳිලා අවුරුදු දෙකක් විතර ඇති. මම අලි පලවා හරින මෙහෙයුම් වලට සම්බන්ධ වෙලා...
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Episode 1 – Wilpattu National Park
My encounter with an elephant As I recall, this incident occurred in February 1984. Our mission was to capture an elephant in theGalgamuwa, Ras Vehera region, then transport it to a different location after loading it into a truck. I was a recruit with nearly two years of experience. Prior to this mission, my work […]
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