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A group of elephants eating at the Pinnewala Elephant orphanage Kandy Sri Lanka
The elephant is closely identified with the island of Sri Lanka. They were used to clear land for tea plantations and today are still used to carry heavy objects inaccessible to heavy machinery and play an important part of religious festivals and can be seen wild in the island many national parks or in the world famous elephant orphanage at Pinnewala
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Location: Pinnewala Elephant orphanage Kandy Sri Lanka
Photo credit: © Malcolm McDougall Photography / Alamy / Afripics
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