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I was helpless, says Ishini

National Zoological Gardens Director General Ishini Wickremesinghe who tendered her resignation on Thursday, said she was helpless when it came to protecting elephants from forcibly being taken away from Pinnawela.

In a post on her Facebook she said, “Sri Devi is a very loving and affectionate elephant…. My favorite in Pinnawela…. I was helpless in protecting her and the other elephants being forcibly taken away from Pinnawela …. what cruelty it is to take away their freedom for one’s individual interests.”

On the same day she had posted a picture of her with her favorite elephant at Pinnawela.

Environmental activists say her resignation was a protest over the return of captured elephants.

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