| An
hour from Kandy and by the town of Kegalle, Pinnawela is run by the National
Zoological Gardens. It began as a refuge for lost and abandoned baby elephants
from the wild and gradually a large herd built up in the spreading coconut
estate. Baby elephants when they are brought into Pinnawela, are trained
to drink bottled milk and depend on human care until they are introduced
to the herd. A tusked adult, blinded in both eyes by gunshots and a victim
of a land mine explosion that has left him with a short front leg, have
also found refuge at Pinnawela. |  |
