three baby elephants were killed when they were hit by a passenger train in sri lanka yesterday
the trios were crossing the tracks in a forested area near ambanpola , 150 km north of colombo,
when they were struck by a passenger train bound for the capital
elephants are considered sacred animals in sri lanka,
but they increasingly clash with farmers as
habitat becomes scarce and also killed by trains and high-voltage power lines.
at least 100 elephants are killed on the island each year, mostly by farmers,while marauding elephant raiding villages also claim the lives of about 50 people annually.