The renewed civil war between Sri Lanka's government and the separatist Tamil Tigers is claiming many victims, among them increasing numbers of the island's wild elephants.
Of the 74 elephants which died in the north and north-west region last year, 44 were killed by gunfire.
The others fell victim to poison, were deliberately electrocuted by farmers who connected wire fences to the mains, or fell down wells.
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