National Animal Census report released

National Animal Census report released

June 12, 2025   12:32 pm

The report of the National Animal Census conducted on March 15 has been published today (12). 

It was officially released at the Ministry of Agriculture.

Accordingly, the islandwide survey shows the following numbers of wild animals:

Toque monkeys (Rilawa) - 5.17 million
Gray Langurs (Wandura) - 1.74 million
Giant Squirrel (Dandu Lena) - 2.66 million
Peacocks - 4.24 million

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