Chandan Alahakoon

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Chandan Alahakoon
Profession camp elephant keeper
Personal details
Born 1970? in Sri Lanka
Country Botswana
Locations
Title -2008
Location at Serendib Elephant Project in Botswana
Biography details

Chandan Alahakoon , camp elephant keeper in Botswana

Born 1970? in Sri Lanka dead 2008-04-08 .

Affiliation with 1 elephants

1: Shaka (fatal attack)

Casualties

1 casualties
  1. 2008-04-08: elephant keeper Chandan Alahakoon fatal attack by Shaka. Two Sri Lankans were killed by elephants at the Mokolodi Nature Reserve on Tuesday Chandan Alahakoon † Chandan Alahakoon Died 2008-04-08

2008-04-08: Two Sri Lankans were killed by elephants at the Mokolodi Nature Reserve on Tuesday. The two were elephant handlers working for the Mokolodi/Serendib Elephant Project.
The project's spokesman Jeroen van Wilgen said it is not known how the Sri Lankans died. He said they are investigating the deaths and a specialist is coming from Maun to look into the matter. He added that the deceased were trained elephant handlers. He gave their names as Chandan Alahakoon (38) and Piyal Pedige (35). He said they have been working for the Serendib Elephant Project for several years.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). elephant keeper Chandan Alahakoon in Botswana. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 26 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=3357. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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