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August 13, 2025 · 9:21 pm

Turbines at Mannar are A Threat to Vital Bird Corridor

Dilum Alagiyawanna, in Daily Mirror,  August 2025 Local-based renewable projects, unlike Adani’s mega 5.2 MW high-efficiency turbines, show that cleaner energy is possible, without harming Sri Lanka’s sensitive bird habitat.  The Central Asian Flyway is one of the most significant … Continue reading →

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August 25, 2024 · 12:15 pm

Sea Lion Invasion at Monterey Beach in California, August 2024

Visit …. https://au.news.yahoo.com/sea-lions-over-california-beach-232947784.html  

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August 22, 2025 · 2:18 am

Drs Yasodhara & Vimukthi Kumaratunga in Britain

DATA secured from Internet Sources by The EDITOR, THUPPAHI News Item presented by Walter Jayawardena The wedding of London educated daughter Yasodhara of Sri Lanka’s former President Chandrika Kumaratunga and a Consultant medical practitioner Roger Walker was announced in London’s … Continue reading →

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September 26, 2023 · 11:47 am

Sambhur Meat Hunters in Sri Lanka’s Jungle Sanctuaries

ITEM in Daily Mirror, 25 September 2023 Wildlife authorities nabbed four persons who poached four sambhurs and a mousedeer for meat in the Rantambe sanctuary, the Department of Wildlife Conservation said.  

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September 15, 2025 · 2:53 am

The Vocabulary Girding & Gilding Israel’s Programme of Genocide in Palestine

Gamini Seneviratne, in The Island, 12 September 2025, where the title is “Human Animals” The words in the heading do not refer to those who are slaughtering the human beings resident in Gaza and the West Bank. They are the ones … Continue reading →

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December 14, 2025 · 6:57 pm

SeaHorses Off Sri Lankan Shores: Rare Finds

Ifham Nizam,  in The ISLAND Newspaer, 12 December 2025,  where the title reads: “Rare Seahorse discovered in Sri Lankan waters sparks urgent conservation debate” … with the photos below being ‘generic imports’ because the bloody ISLAND photo was not cooperative … Continue reading →

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December 7, 2021 · 8:10 pm

Eerie Splendour: Wild Animals in The Depths of Darkness

Introducing “Phantoms of the Night” by  De Silva, Gallangoda Happuaracchi & Jayaratne   “Phantoms of the Night” – Wild Cats of Sri Lanka, a book offering an incredible window into four species of felines making a living in their shadowy … Continue reading →

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February 26, 2025 · 12:54 am

Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage Celebrates Its 50th Year

Amal Jayasinghe, in The Island, Sunday Edn, with Pics by Ishara Kodikara and this title “Sri Lanka’s first elephant orphanage celebrates 50 years”  Sri Lanka’s main elephant orphanage marked its 50th anniversary on Sunday February 16 with a fruit feast … Continue reading →

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June 12, 2023 · 8:22 pm

Surviving A Leopard Attack in Hill-Country Sri Lanka

Kamanthi Wickemasinghe in Daily Mirror, 12 June 2023, where the title reads “Hill Country Leopard Ordeals and A Survivor’s Tale” … with highlighting imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi Dusk had already set in when we reached Bogawantalawa last Friday (June … Continue reading →

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January 5, 2026 · 12:08 am

The CEYLON JOURNAL 2/2 Brightens the Year 2025

Professor Walter Perera, revewing The Ceylon Journal Volume 2 Number 2 in The Island, 4 January 2025,  where the  title reads ““New Year Dawns with more stories of Sri Lanka” …. with highlights being impositions by The Editor, Thuppahi In 2024, I … Continue reading →

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