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| Friday, 27 February 2009 JHU has taken steps to establish a National Animal Welfare Authority with the aim of preventing cruelty to animals and to ensure their welfare, according to a bill the JHU has tabled in Parliament. The said Bill was presented by JHU parliamentarian the Ven. Athuraliye Ratana Thera as a private member’s Bill and also seeks to recognize a duty to care on the part of those in charge of animals to treat them humanely and ensu ...... |
| Tale of an elephant and a 1,000 rupee note |
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It is a story of an unusual journey of an elephant from a far flung jungle in the Eastern Province to the Dalada Maligawa, which finally ended up being given pride of place on a thousand rupee note still in circulation in our island nation. ...... Read more
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