A file picture taken on August 24, 2014 shows a leopard walking through Yala National Park in the southern district of Yala some 250 kms southwest of Colombo. - AFP
COLOMBO, July 13, 2015 (AFP) - Sri Lanka’s largest safari park banned the use of cell phones Monday to stop leopards and other wildlife being killed by speeding vehicles which have been tipped off about their whereabouts.
Rangers have found the bodies of several animals in recent months that have been run over by vehicles in Yala park, home to the world’s highest concentration of leopards and large numbers of elephants, bears and deer.
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