Inside Elephant Territory: How Sri Lankans Are Trying to Mitigate the World’s Deadliest Human-Elephant Conflict

Sri Lanka records the highest number of elephant deaths in the world. It became an alarming conservation concern in the island that involved 121 people and 407 elephants killed in 2019 and 318 elephants and 112 people killed in 2020 despite COVID-19 lockdown. Meet the Sri Lankans who are helping to reduce hostilities with jumbos using GPS collars, electric fences, handmade gadgets and alternative cropping.