Elephants coming to the village

    Our village called  Handapanagala in wellawaya divition is very beautiful area.to the east of this village is large reservoir of about eight hundred acress.the protected forest for tis reason wild   elephant are being destroyed by humans.for this reson  wild elaphants are accustomed to roaming the villages around 6 p.m..there are about fifteen baby elephants in the heard   that   come to the surface of the lake as a group.some elephants go down to the lake and swim in the water.elephants coming through elephant pass travel in different directions and  damage crops.

go far,about  eight human lives   have been lost by elephants. wild life official are trying hard to  chase away the stay elephant. As night  falls ,there is the sound of fire crackers exploding as well as the sound of elephants being shot.no matters  what anyone does,the elephants roam the village until about 5 in the morning.local and foreign tourists also visit the village in the evening to see the elephants.these tall elephnats are well known in many parts of the world.the villagers could not bear the devastation wrought by these animals ,which were a valuable resource to the country.the villagers are waiting for the goverment to take action to resolve this very troble some issue.