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Elephant Kraal Ordinance.

Country/Territory
Sri Lanka
Document type
Regulation
Date
1912 (1955)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Ordinance to make provisions for the regulation of elephant kraaling.
Subject
Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Animal welfare Dangerous animal/harmful animal Hunting/capture
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia
Abstract

The Ordinance bans the kraaling of wild elephants, meaning the capture of those animals by closing them in a stockade (kraal) and all activities related to the erection of those precincts and provides also for penalties to offenders.

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