A | Colombo, Oct 21 (UNI) A total of 108 elephants are being raised by private owners in Sri Lanka, a newspaper reported on Friday.
This has been stated in a study published in the Journal of the Asian Elephant Specialists Group, The Island newspaper reported.
The survey was carried out by elephant-scientist Tharindu Muthukumarana of the Elephant Conservation Organization (ECO).
Muthukumarana told The Island that this survey did not include elephants from orphanages and zoos.
In Sri Lanka, censuses on captive elephants have been carried out since 1946. Nine such surveys have been conducted apart from this year’s survey that conservationists consider controversial.
Muthukumarana said that in 2021 a total of 108 elephants were being raised in captivity -- 72 males and 36 females. Among males there were 18 tuskers.
There were also 72 elephant owners in the country.
Muthukumarana said that the highest number of elephants (12) were owned by Sri Dalada Maligawa Temple in Kandy.
He said of the 18 tuskers, 11 were gifted to Sri Lanka by foreign countries -- three from India, five from Myanmar and three from Thailand.
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B | (ECNS) -- Humanoid robots broke several long-standing human athletic records at the 2026 World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing on Sunday, highlighting rapid advances in their physical capabilities. The five-day games brought together 666 teams and 2,056 robots from 16 countries and regions across six continents to compete in 51 events. In a 100-meter preliminary race during the opening ceremony, a robot developed by the Tianzhuo team clocked 9.39 seconds, beating Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt’s human world record of 9.58 seconds. The result also marked a major improvement from the best time of 21.50 seconds recorded at last year’s games. A Tien Kung Ultra humanoid robot from Beijing also set a new high-jump record, clearing 2.8843 meters from a standing position, well above last year’s winning mark of 95.641 centimeters. During pre-event testing, Honor’s “Lightning” humanoid robot completed the 100 meters in 9.32 seconds and reached a peak speed of 14.5 meters per second, with both figures surpassing human records. The video of this robot was later reposted and liked by Tesla CEO Elon Musk. In April, Lightning won the 2026 Beijing E-Town Humanoid Robot Half Marathon in 50 minutes and 26 seconds. The robot completed the 21.1-kilometer race faster than the winner of the previous edition and also surpassed the human world record, according to Honor. (By Helen Mo, intern Liu Shuangjing) 
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