Namal is a male elephant at the Udawalawe Elephant Transit Home (Ath Athuru Sevana). He was brought in as a calf with his left hind leg caught in a wire snare; gangrene set in and the lower leg was amputated. Chief vet Dr Vijitha Perera fitted him with a simple leather prosthetic, later replaced with larger ones as he grew, and he played with the other calves despite his limp. Because of his disability he cannot be released; by 2026 he was 18 years old, his spine badly deformed, and he had become ill-tempered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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