Photographer Federico Borella was working with a group of Sri Lankan park rangers last summer who are typically responsible for scaring off elephants that come too close to human settlements. One morning, they were called to the scene of a death.        

Sarath Wijesinghe, a 51-year-old civil defense force officer, had gone out to turn off the electric fence surrounding his village. The fences, intended to prevent elephants from raiding homes for food, are activated during the night and turned off during the day to allow farmers to come and go from the village. As Wijesinghe switched off the electricity, he was attacked and killed by an elephant.        

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