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Challenges Faced by the Asian Elephants from Religious and Cultural Aspects of Contemporary Sri Lankan Society, Importance of Awareness and the Role of Law

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dc.contributor.author Jayaweera, K.D.S.S.
dc.date.accessioned 2016-08-25T04:23:43Z
dc.date.available 2016-08-25T04:23:43Z
dc.date.issued 2016
dc.identifier.citation Jayaweera, K.D.S.S. 2016. Challenges Faced by the Asian Elephants from Religious and Cultural Aspects of Contemporary Sri Lankan Society, Importance of Awareness and the Role of Law. In: International Conference on Asian Elephants in Culture & Nature, 20th – 21st August 2016, Anura Manatunga, K.A.T. Chamara, Thilina Wickramaarachchi and Harini Navoda de Zoysa (Eds.), (Abstract) p 65, Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. 180 pp. en_US
dc.identifier.isbn 978-955-4563-85-8
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/14083
dc.description.abstract The purpose of this paper is to identify the threats posed to the elephants from the conservative religious and cultural affairs of Sri Lanka and to formulate a viable solution for the conversion of conservative mindset to enhance and secure the future of the elephants through awareness and cohesive law enforcement. The main objective of this research is to emphasize on the importance of accurately identifying the prevalent religious and cultural challenges the elephants face and the interrelationship between awareness, law and law enforcement in safeguarding the future of the species. The present paper primarily identifies the usage of elephants in religious ceremonies, usage of elephants in parades, elephant labor, illegal trafficking of calves and the motivating factors for trafficking calves as the major challenges that could be mitigated by awareness, new laws and strengthened law enforcement. Origin of the cultural and religious usage of elephants, justifications provided for such usage and criticisms against the various practices will be discussed in depth. Existing framework of laws targeted at protecting the tamed elephants and the loopholes in the prevailing legislations and the need of amendments will be discussed further. The paper highlights the need of awareness to gradually convert the misconceptions of the society related taming of the elephants and questions the sustainability of the process. Further the paper asserts the need of awareness campaigns carried out by various NGO’s, environmentalists and activists. Data gathered through social media poll options will be utilized to illustrate the predominant attitudes held by the public to pinpoint the weaknesses and strengths of seeking a change within a conservative society to limit the practice of taming the elephants for human needs. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka en_US
dc.subject tamed elephants en_US
dc.subject elephants in parades en_US
dc.subject elephant taming laws en_US
dc.subject illegal trafficking of elephant calves en_US
dc.subject awareness en_US
dc.title Challenges Faced by the Asian Elephants from Religious and Cultural Aspects of Contemporary Sri Lankan Society, Importance of Awareness and the Role of Law en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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