Sri Lanka passenger train kills 6 elephants

Train hits elephant herd in Sri Lanka, killing at least six elephants, say police
Wildlife veterinary officers are treating a female elephant and an injured calf who survived in the city of Giritale, Sri Lanka’s state-owned Daily News reported Thursday.
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Six elephants dead after being hit by train in Sri Lanka
A passenger train derailed after striking a herd of elephants near a wildlife reserve in central Sri Lanka in the early hours of Thursday. While no injuries were reported among passengers, six elephants died from the accident in Habarana, east of the capital Colombo.
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A train hit an elephant herd near a wildlife sanctuary, killing at least 6 of them in Sri Lanka
A passenger train has hit an elephant herd near a wildlife sanctuary in Sri Lanka and killed six of the animals.
Sri Lanka passenger train kills six elephants
A Sri Lankan passenger train derailed Thursday after smashing into a family of elephants, with no passengers injured but six animals killed in the island's worst such wildlife accident, police said. The express train was travelling near a wildlife reserve at Habarana,
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