How plastic is harming Sri Lankan elephants.
Sri Lanka's elephants are unknowingly consuming plastic waste, potentially cutting their life spans in half. Lakshitha Karunarathna's striking image, Toxic Tip shines a light on this issue.
Lakshitha reveals that "the elephants have become addicted to the sweet and salty flavours of the food that's been dumped, but they're also ingesting plastic that's left with the food waste

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