ommittee member and Member of Parliament, Sandith Samarasinghe pointed out at the meeting that the news of elephants being used for various activities including tourism in Sri Lanka has adversely affected the reputation of Sri Lanka internationally which is detrimental to Sri Lanka's reputation as a Buddhist country. For the past few years number of death were reported when the elephants were used for various activities.

It was discussed that the use of electric fences for the prevention of the conflict between wild elephants and humans, along with the conflict resolving procedures used in other countries such as Africa should be implemented as pilot projects in Sri Lanka.The Oversight Committee simultaneously looked into the problems faced by the public in the North Western Province and Cheddikulam in Vavuniya as a result of monkeys of the mentioned areas

The Members of Parliament Charles Nirmalanathan, Aravind Kumar and Susantha Punchinilame, Ministry of Tourism Development, Wildlife and Christian Religious Affairs and officials of the Department of Wildlife Conservation were in participation at this meeting.