One accused arrested, in connection with death of the pregnant elephant in Palakkad
One accused has been arrested in connection with the death of the pregnant elephant in Palakkad, the Kerala Forest Minister K Raju said on Friday. A pregnant wild elephant died in Kerala’s Silent Valley Forest after a man offered her a pineapple filled with the crackers. As the elephant chewed it, the crackers exploded in her mouth. As per the senior forest officer, her jaw was broken after which she was unable to eat and breathe.
The incident was condemned by the people across the nation. Several prominent personalities took to Twitter to condole the death of the pregnant elephant. Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli said in a tweet: "Appalled to hear about what happened in Kerala. Let's treat our animals with love and bring an end to these cowardly acts."
Meanwhile, Anushka Sharma took to Instagram and wrote: "We all would urge Chief Minister of Kerala to find the perpetrators and bring them to justice for this heinous crime. A pregnant elephant was fed cracker stuffed pineapple by unidentified people in Kerala which exploded in her mouth and damaged her jaw. She walked around the village and finally passed away standing in a river."
"We keep searching for monsters hoping they would be having the devil's horns on their heads. But look around you, the monsters walk beside you. This elephant was going to give birth 18-20 months later. Even after the elephant was injured, she did not crush a single home or hurt a single human being. She just stood in a river because of the excruciating pain and passed away without hurting a single soul," she added.
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"From anybody who throws stones at a stray dog to anybody hurting a living soul, choose one face. A lot of these animals trust human beings because they have been helped by them in the past. This is cruel beyond measure. When you lack empathy and kindness, you do not deserve to be called a human being. To hurt someone is not human. Just stricter laws won't help. We need a decent execution of the law too. Until the guilty are punished in the worst possible way, these wicked monsters will never fear the law. Though it's a difficult task, I hope they are able to find out the one who committed this crime and punish them accordingly," she concluded.
-PTC News
