Dala Kota was described as the biggest tusker in Yala National Park and drew many tourists; he lived mostly in Zone 6 and stood about eight and a half feet tall. He had an injured right leg and was treated by wildlife veterinarians for well over a month before he died. His body was found in April 2023 at the Lunugamvehera reservoir; the cause of death was not announced at the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Dala Kota was described as the biggest tusker in Yala National Park and drew many tourists; he lived mostly in Zone 6 and stood about eight and a half feet tall. He had an injured right leg and was treated by wildlife veterinarians for well over a month before he died. His body was found […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-14361","sw_named","type-sw_named","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sriwild.tharulk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sw_named\/14361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sriwild.tharulk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sw_named"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sriwild.tharulk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/sw_named"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sriwild.tharulk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sw_named\/14361\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sriwild.tharulk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}