But in a bid to reduce the probability of elephant-train collisions along these railway routes, the Railways Department recently revised the train schedules for the trains ‘Udaya Devi ...

A recent accident killed seven elephants, highlighting the enormity of this issue. While train-related elephant deaths account for only about 5% of total fatalities, these deaths are mostly ...

The Department of Wildlife Conservation has initiated an action plan to minimize train collisions with wild elephants, with ...

Wildlife corridors exist, but speeding trains and the lack of AI early-warning systems mean elephants don’t stand a chance.

Sri Lankan authorities are making attempts to stop elephant deaths from train collisions after last month’s tragedy in which seven elephants died after being struck by a train.      On February 20, ...

The measures came after seven elephants were run over on February 20 by an express train near a wildlife reserve ... stretches of railway tracks in elephant-inhabited forest areas in the island's ...

The measures came after seven elephants were run over on February 20 by an express train near a wildlife reserve in Habarana, some 180 kilometres (110 miles) east of the capital Colombo, making it the ...

Sri Lanka's wildlife and railway authorities announced on Friday a series of low-tech measures, including adjusting timetables to reduce night-time train collisions, following the worst wildlife ...