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B-town expresses anguish over pregnant elephant's death by firecrackers, demands strict action
Mumbai/IBNS: As the news of the pregnant elephant's death due to firecracker-laden pineapple fed by some locals in Kerala surfaced, celebrities have taken social media to demand harder laws against animal abuse and stricter punishment for the perpetrators.
Anushka Sharma, who often espouses the cause for animal protection, took to Instagram and wrote: "We all would urge @cmokerala to find the perpetrators and bring them to justice for this heinous crime."
Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar said all lives matter and posted: "Maybe animals are less wild and humans less human. What happened with that #elephant is heartbreaking, inhumane and unacceptable! Strict action should be taken against the culprits. #AllLivesMatter."
Maybe animals are less wild and humans less human. What happened with that #elephant is heartbreaking, inhumane and unacceptable! Strict action should be taken against the culprits. #AllLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/sOmUsL3Ayc
— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) June 3, 2020
Demanding strictest punishment for the culprits, actress Shraddha Kapoor shared on Twitter how devastated she was with the news.
How??????
— Shraddha (@ShraddhaKapoor) June 2, 2020
How can something like this happen???
Do people not have hearts???
My heart has shattered and broken...
The perpetrators need to be punished in the STRICTEST way. @PetaIndia @CMOKerala pic.twitter.com/697VQXYvmb
Actor Rajkummar Rao called the incident horrific and urged Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to take necessary action.
This is horrific. @PetaIndia @CMOKerala please take necessary action. We need to find these people and punish them. https://t.co/I6UyaHbzw3
— Rajkummar Rao (@RajkummarRao) June 3, 2020
Randeep Hooda took to Twitter to post: "An act most #inhumane to will fully feed a pineapple full of fire crackers to friendly wild pregnant #Elephant is just unacceptable..strict action should be taken against the culprits sir ðŸ™ðŸ½
@vijayanpinarayi @CMOKerala @PrakashJavdekar @moefcc @ntca_india."
An act most #inhumane to will fully feed a pineapple full of fire crackers to friendly wild pregnant #Elephant is just unacceptable..strict action should be taken against the culprits sir ðŸ™ðŸ½@vijayanpinarayi @CMOKerala @PrakashJavdekar @moefcc @ntca_india https://t.co/ittFQogkQV
— Randeep Hooda (@RandeepHooda) June 2, 2020
Actor Vidyut Jammwal wrote: "Will this go on in the NEWWORLD post Corona??She harmed no one, damaged nothing and yet! Human beings forget humanity while this elephant suffered for no reason. This is not an isolated case & we need to put a hard stop to this."
Will this go on in the NEWWORLD post Corona??She harmed no one, damaged nothing and yet! Human beings forget humanity while this elephant suffered for no reason. This is not an isolated case & we need to put a hard stop to this ..#alllivesmatter https://t.co/cf59ddMkN2
— Vidyut Jammwal (@VidyutJammwal) June 2, 2020
Bengali filmmaker Srijit Mukherjee also raised his voice against the heinous act.
We deserve the virus.https://t.co/HjZsiGL0Jd
— Srijit Mukherji (@srijitspeaketh) June 2, 2020
In a brutal instance of animal abuse, a pregnant elephant in Kerala died after she ate a pineapple full of firecrackers offered to her by some locals.
Disturbing visuals showed the elephant dying slowly while standing in water in northern Kerala's Malappuram district.
The wild elephant had left the forest and traversed into a nearby village in search of food.
As she walked down the streets, she was offered the pineapple full of crackers by locals.
"She trusted everyone. When the pineapple she ate exploded, she must have been shocked not thinking about herself, but about the child she was going to give birth to in 18 to 20 months," forest officer Mohan Krishnan, who was part of the Rapid Response Team to rescue the elephant, wrote in an emotional note on Facebook.
The cracker reportedly exploded inside her mouth causing grave injury inside and to the tongue.
Following this, the elephant reportedly walked around the town in pain and hunger. However, she was unable to eat anything.
"She didn't harm a single human being even when she ran in searing pain in the streets of the village. She didn't crush a single home. This is why I said, she is full of goodness," Krishnan wrote.
The elephant eventually walked up to the Velliyar River and stood there. It was then photos were taken of her gradual death there.
The incident sparked protests from several people belonging to different walks of lives, who demanded action against those responsible.
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