Sri Lanka bars tourists from heart of drought-hit park as El Nino looms
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Sri Lanka bars tourists from drought-hit Yala National Park as El Nino looms
YALA, Sri Lanka: Mugger crocodiles bask along the edge of the shrinking reservoir, waiting like everything else in Sri Lanka's drought-hit Yala National Park for the green tankers that come every day to pump in water.From next week, park managers will be taking their emergency measures even further by banning tourists from the watering hole and other busy areas, to give the animals a breather after months without rain."We have to put the animal…
Sri Lanka bars tourists from heart of drought-hit park as El Nino looms
By Uditha Jayasinghe YALA, Sri Lanka, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Mugger crocodiles bask along the edge of the shrinking reservoir, waiting like everything else in Sri Lanka’s drought-hit Yala National Park for the green tankers that come every day to pump in water. From next week, park managers will be taking their emergency measures even further by banning tourists from the watering hole and other busy areas, to give the animals a breather after mont…
The severe drought that is hitting Sri Lanka is even changing life in one of Asia's most famous national parks. In Yala, home to leopards, elephants, crocodiles and wild buffalo, water is running low and authorities have decided to close the most visited areas for a month so that the animals have […] The article Drought closes Sri Lanka's famous Yala National Park appeared first on Free Press.
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