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Sri Lanka jails keeper in first elephant trafficking case

Elephants eat jackfruit leaves at the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in Pinnawala on February 16, 2025. [AFP]

Sri Lanka's High Court sentenced an elephant keeper to 15 years in prison on Friday, in a landmark case involving trafficking of wildlife protected by strict environmental laws.

The three-judge court in Colombo found Niraj Roshan guilty on two counts of keeping a stolen baby elephant and falsifying records to show he had obtained it legitimately.

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