Sri Lanka, Sept. 13 -- Two individuals were arrested for dumping body parts of slaughtered cattle inside the Ritigala Strict Nature Reserve, officials of the Ritigala Wildlife Sanctuary said.
The arrests were made during a joint operation by officers of the Ritigala and Alagollawa Wildlife Offices, carried out on the instructions of Ritigala Wildlife Sanctuary Warden D. Ramasinghe.
Investigations revealed that the suspects had transported cattle remains from a slaughterhouse in the Ganewalpola area of Kekirawa and illegally disposed of them in the reserve.
Wildlife officers intercepted a lorry carrying several carcasses as the suspects were attempting to dump them inside the protected area.
The suspects, residents of Ganewalpola, have...