Dala Puttuwa
Wild in Galgamuwa, Kurunegala
The crossed tusker of Galgamuwa, whose downward-curving tusks made the crossing rare. Blinded by a close-range gunshot and scarred by trap guns, he was revered by villagers, who saw him as the vehicle of God Aiyanayake. He was killed for his tusks in November 2017.
- Born
- Unknown
- Died
- 23 November 2017
- Estimated age
- 50
- Also written
- Dala Poottuwa
- Tusks
- Crossed and pointing down, the left longer than the right
- Blindness
- Believed caused by a gunshot near the eye
- Range
- Galgamuwa, migrating seasonally toward Kala Wewa
- Tusks seized
- 23 November 2017, from two suspects trying to sell them
- Carcass
- Found by the STF in the Kahalla–Pallekele area; post-mortem found a gunshot wound
Date his tusks were seized; exact date of death unknown
