Sri Lanka, Jan. 21 -- The Ministry of Environment reports that a total of 189 public complaints related to wildlife and forest-related offences have been received to date.

According to the Ministry, investigations are currently underway into 94 of these complaints, while legal action has already been taken in connection with the remaining 95 cases.

The Ministry of Environment further noted that the complaints were received over the past two months following the introduction of the '1995' short-code hotline of the "Wana Surekuma - Joint Operations Unit", launched under the Ministry's 'Vanaspati' national programme.

The Ministry stated that the reported incidents are related to forest destruction, illegal activities against wildlife, rec...