Kavantissa fell ill and collapsed

The Meegalewa Wildlife Office reports that 'Kavanthissa', the tallest elephant living in Sri Lanka, has fallen to the ground due to a severe leg injury. Currently, this giant is lying in a paddy field in the Siyambalangamuwa Yaya 03 area.

Today, local residents were the first to see Kavanthissa the elephant lying helplessly in the middle of a paddy field. As soon as they saw it, they took steps to inform the wildlife officers about it.

Acting swiftly on the information received from the local residents, wildlife veterinarians have already begun providing the necessary treatment to the elephant at the very spot where it fell.

It has not yet been revealed how the severe injury to Kavanthissa's leg, which caused the tallest elephant living in this country to fall to the ground, occurred.