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The Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage was established by the Sri Lankan Department of Wildlife Conservation in 1975 for feeding and providing care and sanctuary to orphaned baby elephants that were found in the wild. [7] The orphanage was located at the Wilpattu National Park, then shifted to the tourist complex at Bentota and then to the Dehiwala Zoo.
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Pinnawala Open Zoo (also called Pinnawala Zoo: Sinhala: පින්නවල සත්වෝද්යානය) is a zoological garden in Pinnawala, Sri Lanka, which is situated closer to the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage. The zoo was opened for public on 17 April 2015.
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Pinnawala is a village in Kegalle District of Sri Lanka and is around 90 km from the capital, Colombo. It is well known for its elephant orphanage . Elephant Orphanage
Special pages; Printable version; Page information; Get shortened URL ... Plaque at the entrance of Elephant Orphanage, Pinnawala, Sri Lanka. Date: 31 March 2021, 12: ...
These exhibits house a large array of birds including spot-billed pelican, white-bellied sea eagle, emu, ostrich, southern cassowary, macaws, owls, great argus, scarlet ibis, Victoria crowned pigeon, mute swan, Malabar pied hornbill, Sri Lankan grey hornbill, violet turaco, green turaco, red-crested turaco and southern hill myna.
Wijesinghe – A Checklist of the Birds of Sri Lanka: Three species are suggested as endemic 1996: 23+3: Inskip et al. – An Annotated Checklist of the Birds of the Oriental Region: Follow Sibley and Monroe refers to Wijesinghe 1998: 23: Grimmett et al. – Birds of the Indian Subcontinent: 1999: 23: Harrison – A Field Guide to the Birds of ...