The Dehiwala Zoo has denied social media reports claiming that the yellow anaconda calf that went missing last Sunday has ...

The Born Free foundation, an international wildlife charity based in UK recently released a statement regarding the Dehiwela Zoo, with regard to the poor conditions at the Zoo and possible welfare ...

Skyrocketing food prices that have plunged Sri Lankans into hardship look set to affect the 4,500 animals at the country’s main zoo. Dehiwala Zoo in Colombo has been hit by both runaway inflation and ...

Meerkats are pictured at Dehiwala Zoological Gardens in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on March 28, 2025. Six pairs of meerkats brought to Dehiwala Zoo of Sri Lanka from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been ...

Sri Lanka’s main zoo is bracing for a food crunch for its 4,500 animals, amid runaway inflation that has pushed food prices up by nearly 60 per cent and brought misery to Sri Lankans hit by the worst ...

A man visits the reopened Dehiwala Zoo in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on July 31, 2021. The Dehiwala Zoo in Colombo reopened to public recently after it was closed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in ...

One of the most popular places in Sri Lanka with local as well as foreign tourists is the National Zoological Gardens at Dehiwala, known more simply as Colombo Zoo. The fact that the Zoo exists is due ...

The late Colonel J.H. Williams, the author of ‘Elephant Bill and Bandoola’ during two visits he made in the 60s to Sri Lanka, then known as Ceylon, wrote about the Dehiwala Zoo in an article that was ...

The Dehiwala Zoo and Pinnawala Zoo and Ridiyagama Safari Park will reopen to the public from tomorrow (February 01), officials said. The zoos had been temporarily closed as a result of the coronavirus ...