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Move to arm farmers runs into resistance
by Ifham Nizam
Conservation Organisations against Environmental Destruction, comprising science/environmental groups in Sri Lanka yesterday opposed a move to issue shotguns to those owning more than an acre of land to protect their crops, terming it a menace in itself.
A recent proposal by Agriculture Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage to provide shotguns to farmers with more than an acre of land.
The groups consists of Centre for Environmental Justice, Protect Sri Lanka, Otara Foundation, Rally for Animal Right & Environment, Federation of Environmental Organizations, Wildlife & Nature Protection Society, Research Circle, Leopocon Sri Lanka, Arunodaya Environmentalist, Movement of Land & Agriculture Reform, Sri Lanka Nature Group FIAN Sri Lanka, Lanka Nature Conservationist, Wild forum, Rain Forest Protectors and Young Zoologists Association of Sri Lanka.