A new mobile app has been launched to help the public report real-time sightings of wild elephants, aiming to reduce human-elephant conflict and improve safety in affected areas.
Vinura Abeyrathne, one of the app’s developers, told the Daily Mirror that the app was designed to minimise land damage and human casualties by alerting people when elephants are nearby.
“About 3,000 people in Sri Lanka are already using the app,” he said.
Users can report elephant sightings through the app, which then sends notifications to others within a five-kilometre radius, warning them to stay alert and exercise caution.
Besides sightings, the app also enables users to report incidents such as elephant deaths, human casualties linked to elephants, property damage, and wildlife crimes.
