Sri Lanka has a new answer to toll booths -- a tax-collecting elephant. You must offer him a tasty snack before he will step ...

Along the Buttala-Kataragama road in Sri Lanka, a majestic wild elephant, believed to be over 40 years old, performs the ...

Meet Raja, the Sri Lankan elephant famous for collecting 'road tax’: 'Corruption in animal government' ...

On a Sri Lankan road, a wild elephant named Raja has become a unique toll collector. He stops cars, patiently 'requests' food ...

Social media users have given their seal of approval to Raja to continue his bureaucratic duties and chomp on bananas and ...

Sri Lanka's tax elephant named Raja is gaining popularity for the strange reason of collecting tax from people at the toll ...

An elephant named Raja in Sri Lanka has become a unique tax collector, stopping vehicles on the road to request food.

In most cases, they die electrocuted, blown up or shot at in an increasingly difficult relationship with humans. A 2020 ...

A 66 year old woman died tragically when the vehicle she was travelling was attacked by an elephant in the Gonagan ...

This self-appointed guardian of the road has become a beloved local figure, turning the mundane commute into a memorable ...