Not knowing the difference between Wandura and Rilawa was another issue which also affected the survey. Moreover, there were complaints that some households were not given the census slip by the Grama ...

Sri Lanka has 5.71 million torque macaques (rilawa) and 4.24 million peacocks, according to census carried out by authorities, the state information office said.

The National Animal Census conducted across Sri Lanka on 15 March has revealed significant populations of several key wild animal species, with findings officially released today at the Ministry of ...

Authorities of the Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWC) and the Ministry of Agriculture are currently discussing the provision of 100,000 toque macaques (a reddish brown coloured Old World monkey ...

The monkey antics in certain areas of the country have reached a new level with much hostility from people. Monkeys, mainly the rilawa (Macaca sinica or toque macaque) are raiding homes and pilfering ...

Many who started growing vegetables in their homesteads have given up because of threats of destruction from wild animals such as rilawa (toque macaque), monkeys, wild boar, rodents, porcupines, etc.

Toque Macaques, also commonly known as Rilawa, has been assessed for The Red List of Threatened Species of the International Union for Conservation of Nature in 2015.

The Chinese Embassy in Colombo today laid to rest what it called ‘disinformation’ on local and foreign media about Sri Lanka getting ready to export “100 thousand endangered” toque macaque ...

But conservationists have expressed doubts about Sri Lanka’s possibly selling toque macaques, commonly known as rilawa, to China – one of Colombo’s biggest bilateral lenders.