Twitterati outraged and demand justice for the elephant killed in God’s own country

Animal abuse of the worst kind came to light with the recent killing of an elephant in God’s own country. A pregnant hungry elephant which trudged into the so-called civilised village in search of food was betrayed by humans with their barbaric act when it was fed pineapple with crackers. After the crackers exploded in the elephants mouth, the elephant helplessly looked for relief from its excruciating pain. And not able to bear the pain , it died silently standing in the water.

The tragic death of the elephant came to light after Mohan Krishnan, a forest officer, posted an emotional note on his Facebook page, narrating the death of the elephant in the waters of the Velliyar River.

Twitteratti were outraged by this barbaric act and mourned the cruel treatment meted out to the behemoth. Animal activist actor Randeep Hooda took to twitter tagging his post expressed his anger and sought justice for the elephant.

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 🙏🏽@vijayanpinarayi @CMOKerala @PrakashJavdekar @moefcc @ntca_india https://t.co/ittFQogkQV

— Randeep Hooda (@RandeepHooda) June 2, 2020

Though the forest officials brought two captive elephants, called Surendran and Neelakanthan, to lead her out of the river where she stood with her mouth and trunk in water, perhaps for some relief from the pain. After unsuccessful attempts to lead her out, the elephant died at 4 pm on May 27.

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MAY GOD PUNISH THEM SOON 🤞#Elephant pic.twitter.com/DZULet5eQB

— 🦋 (@BonggirlOli) June 2, 2020

Actor Rajkummar Rao too quoted Shraddha and said it’s “horrific”. Tagging PETA and Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan’s office on Twitter, he added that necessary action should be taken against the people involved in the incident

Horrific incident! #Elephant#EveryLifeMatters pic.twitter.com/GnPtj2HrJn

— Dr Jawahar Singh MD (@DrJawahars) June 3, 2020

Actress Anushka Sharma, who has often voiced her opinion against animal cruelty, shared a new report on the elephant’s death and wrote, “This is why we need harsher LAWS against animal cruelty.”
Shraddha Kapoor said she is shattered to hear about it and reiterated that the culprits should 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,” she tweeted. https://twitter.com/karanacharya7/status/1268126888729272322?s=20

Police have now launched an investigation into the case and filed a First Information Report against unknown persons.