Sri Lanka, Oct. 28 -- Two wild female elephants aged between 10 and 15 died after being electrocuted in Pinagama village, in the Rambewa Divisional Secretariat division.

Police said the incident had occurred on Monday night when the elephants came into contact with an illegally drawn electric wire across a farmland owned by a resident of Aluthgama, Kadewa.

Local residents discovered the carcasses yesterday morning and informed the local Grama Niladhari, who subsequently alerted the Wildlife Conservation Department.

Wildlife Department officers and the Pihimbiyagollewa Police are conducting further investigations.

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