Wild Asian Elephants are declining rapidly -mainly due to loss of habitat leading to increased conflict with man. However Sri Lanka still holds large numbers of wild elephants and is undoubtedly the best place in the world to see these impressive animals. Here is an illustration of why Sri Lanka is the top destination for viewing these impressive pachyderms: https://pbase.com/rainbirder/the_gathering

The Sri Lankan subspecies of the Asian Elephant is the largest race of this species.
Due to previous excessive trophy-hunting during the British imperial era the gene pool of tuskers has been greatly depleted and now only about 5% of all males carry tusks (female Asian Elephants don't carry tusks).