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More than a decade after Sri Lanka’s civil war ended, wild birds are still wary of humans in areas of the country that saw armed conflict
Life
26 October 2021
A cattle egret stands near a roadway in Sri Lanka Michael Weston
Sri Lanka’s civil war lasted 26 years, coming to an end in 2009. But the country’s birds haven’t forgotten.
“There were many incidents reported, while growing up in Sri Lanka, of landmines causing injury or death to animals in war zones,” says Jonathan Gnanapragasam at Deakin University in Burwood, Australia.
He and his colleagues have found that in former war zones, wild birds are still wary of humans, while birds in areas that didn’t see armed conflict during the …
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