Bollywood celebrities like Anushka Sharma, Shraddha Kapoor, and others have condemned the death of a pregnant elephant in Kerala after being fed pineapple filled with firecrackers. The celebrities have asked for stricter punishments against animal cruelty and called for ‘harsher laws’. Reportedly, the female elephant in Kerala’s Silent Valley Forest was fed a pineapple stuffed with crackers that exploded in her mouth causing her jaw to break.
Actress and animal activist Anushka Sharma took to social media and, she shared a screen-shot of the news clip and said, “This is why we need harsher LAWS against animal cruelty!!” Earlier, the actress had asked two teen boys to be punished who drowned a dog for a video.
Actress Shraddha Kapoor also expressed her anger over the elephant’s death and tweeted, “How?????? 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.”
How??????
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— Shraddha (@ShraddhaKapoor) June 2, 2020
The incident was reported from the fringe areas of the Silent Valley in Attappadi. Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) and Chief Wildlife Warden Surendra kumar said in a statement, “It is certain that she was offered the pineapple filled with crackers to eliminate her. “He said the post-mortem revealed that the elephant was pregnant. Forest officials are reported hoping to nab the culprit and punish him for his act of cruelty.
The tragic death came to light after Mohan Krishnan, a forest officer, posted an emotional note on his Facebook page, narrating the events that lead to the death of the elephant in the waters of the Velliyar River.“When we saw her she was standing in the river, with her head dipped in the water. She had a sixth sense that she was going to die. She took the Jalasamadhi in the river in a standing position”, Krishnan wrote in his post.