The Born Free foundation, an international wildlife charity based in UK recently released a statement regarding the Dehiwela Zoo, with regard to the poor conditions at the Zoo and possible welfare ...

Skyrocketing food prices that have plunged Sri Lankans into hardship look set to affect the 4,500 animals at the country’s main zoo. Dehiwala Zoo in Colombo has been hit by both runaway inflation and ...

Wildlife and Forest Resources Conservation Ministry Secretary had been instructed to take necessary steps to take care of Muthuraja Elephant at the Dehiwala National Zoological Garden.The Muthuraja ...

Sri Lanka’s main zoo is bracing for a food crunch for its 4,500 animals, amid runaway inflation that has pushed food prices up by nearly 60 per cent and brought misery to Sri Lankans hit by the worst ...

Meerkats are pictured at Dehiwala Zoological Gardens in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on March 28, 2025. Six pairs of meerkats brought to Dehiwala Zoo of Sri Lanka from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been ...

The late Colonel J.H. Williams, the author of ‘Elephant Bill and Bandoola’ during two visits he made in the 60s to Sri Lanka, then known as Ceylon, wrote about the Dehiwala Zoo in an article that was ...

A Thai keeper feeds elephant Muthu Raja in an enclosure at Dehiwala Zoo in Colombo on June 30, 2023 - Copyright AFP Ishara S. KODIKARA A Thai keeper feeds elephant ...

A smuggled Aldabra tortoise found its forever home at the Dehiwala Zoo three months after a harrowing experience at sea. The Director General of the National Zoological Gardens, Dr Chandana Rajapaksa ...