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In 2025, 455 deaths wild elephants died — 67 deaths compared with the year before.

The number of wild elephant deaths recorded by the Department of Wildlife Conservation in a year. Most are linked to human–elephant conflict — gunshots, electrocution, trains, poison and 'hakka patas' (jaw bombs) — as farms and settlements spread into elephant habitat.

In 2023, 488 wild elephants died — more than one every single day.

Rising deaths signal worsening conflict: shrinking habitat, crop raids and retaliation. The same conflict kills people too — around 150–190 a year recently. Losing elephants also harms the forests and the tourism that depend on them.

Falling deaths can reflect better protection: electric fences around villages rather than forests, protected corridors, early warnings and fast compensation for farmers. A single year's drop can also reflect differences in counting.

There is no "safe" number. Conservation aims for a steady fall in conflict deaths of both elephants and people. No rating is applied.

Sri Lanka is home to about 10% of the world's Asian elephants and has one of the highest elephant death tolls from human conflict anywhere.

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Annual count of wild elephant deaths recorded by the Department of Wildlife Conservation, as published. Totals differ between sources and cut-off dates; every point links to the source it was taken from.

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