{
  "id": 18432878,
  "title": "Ex-CDF member arrested for cutting off dead elephant’s tusk",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/ex-cdf-member-arrested-for-cutting-off-dead-elephants-tusk",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-06T00:00:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Island Sri Lanka",
    "slug": "the-island-sri-lanka",
    "url": "http://island.lk/ex-cdf-member-arrested-for-cutting-off-dead-elephants-tusk/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A former Civil Defence Force member has been arrested for cutting off the tusk of an elephant that was found dead without one of its tusks in the Kumbukwewa area in Kahatagasdigiliya. The arrest was made by Wildlife Department officers attached to Kahatagasdigiliya Wildlife Range Office, following investigations into the elephant’s death. During a search […]",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}