Greater than a decade after Sri Lanka’s civil conflict ended, wild birds are nonetheless cautious of people in areas of the nation that noticed armed battle
Life
26 October 2021
A cattle egret stands close to a roadway in Sri Lanka Michael Weston
Sri Lanka’s civil conflict lasted 26 years, coming to an finish in 2009. However the nation’s birds haven’t forgotten.
“There have been many incidents reported, whereas rising up in Sri Lanka, of landmines inflicting harm or loss of life to animals in conflict zones,” says Jonathan Gnanapragasam at Deakin College in Burwood, Australia.
He and his colleagues have discovered that in former conflict zones, wild birds are nonetheless cautious of people, whereas birds in areas that didn’t see armed battle through the …
