By Kelum Bandara in Bangalore 

 

A half a dozen of Anacondas in the Dehiwala zoological garden would be exchanged for a couple of tigers at the Mysore zoo in Bangalore, India, officials said here on Saturday.
 

Executive Director of the Indian Forest Service Dr. R. Raju, during an interaction with a group of Sri Lankan journalists, told that basic work had been worked out for the animal exchange programme between the zoological authorities of the two countries.  A few Indian officials have already visited Sri Lanka for the purpose. 
 

Dr. Raju was speaking to the journalists at his office at the Bannerghatta Biological Park in Bangalore. He said that a parliamentary delegation from Sri Lanka also visited the park last month. Bannerghatta is home to several species of   animals such as lions, tigers, Himalayan bears and white tigers. 
 

The Executive Director talked at length about the latest measures adopted by the wild life and forest authorities in his country to mitigate the human-elephant conflict, an issue burning in Sri Lanka as well.
 

He said that the movements of rogue elephants are monitored with the use of electronic gadgets. In India, the satellite technology is used to track elephants, and it has helped the authorities concerned   prevent poaching animals. (Daily Mirror online)