Bathiya
Wild in Kalawewa, Polpithigama
A well-proportioned young Kalawewa tusker, loved by photographers. Shot in the right foreleg by a trap gun and later behind the ear, he was treated from May 2025 but collapsed repeatedly and died on 15 July 2025. The post-mortem found a bone infection.
- Born
- Unknown
- Died
- 15 July 2025
- Estimated age
- 30–35
- Also written
- Bhathiya
- Range
- Kalawewa National Park
- Injuries
- Trap-gun wound to the right foreleg, a later shot behind the ear, and a wound to the trunk
- Treatment
- From 18 May 2025
- Place of death
- Polpithigama
- Post-mortem
- Osteomyelitis (bone infection)
