Colombo (News 1st); A majestic tusker known as ‘Rewatha’, who roamed freely in the valley between the Kala Wewa and the Balalu Wewa, was found dead on Tuesday (09).

Rewatha, considered as the largest tusker to roam the Kala Wewa Forest Reserve had died of electrocution after coming to contact with an electric fence set-up in an improper manner in the Kala Wewa Forest Reserve to protect a Chena cultivation.

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