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Amid worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, super cyclones hitting the shores of Inꦦdia, another disheartening report surfaced, this time from Kerala.
One of the pregnant elephants, in search of food from a nearby nat💖ional park, ingested a pineapple laced with firecrackers.
The fruit burst in the lower jaw of the animal, who went through excruciating pain in her final moments. Even while taking her last breaths, the mammal did not go rogue by attacking houses or villag𓄧ers, instead died standing in water, to tend👍 to her injuries.
Reportedly, the ꦍincident occurred on May 27 near Malappuram, and it came into ꦕlight recently after the Forest Officer revealed the shocking details of the case through his Facebook post.
It remains unknown whether any hooli🎉gan fed the fruit deliberately to the pregnant elephant or the⛄ animal ate the pineapple mistakenly which was kept for the wild boars which destroy farms.
“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, wrote on Facebook. He was also part of the Rapid Response Team for the rescue of the elephant.
Nevertheless, the poor elephant, whicไh appeared malnourished, paid the ultimate price in search of food, succumbing to hunger.
As soon as the post went viral all over social media, Indian cricketers, namely, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul and many other prominent Indian cricketers condemned the incident, demanding an end to the anima🔯l cruelty.
“Appalled to hear about what happened in Kerala. Let’s treat our animals with love and bring an end to these cowardly acts,” Kohli’s post on Twitter captioned.
Appalled to hear about what happened in Kerala. Let's treat our animals with love and bring an end to these cowardly acts.
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli)
“We are savages. Are we not learning? To hear what happened to the elephant in Kerala was heartbreaking. No animal deserves to be treated with cruelty,” Rohit tweeted.
We are savages. Are we not 🦩learning ? To hear what happened to the elephant in Kerala was heartbreaking. No animal deserves to be treated with cruelty.
— Rohit Sharma (@ImRo45)
Let’s have a look at how the Indian cricket fraternity reacted to the unfortunate incident:
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— K L Rahul (@klrahul)
Rest in peace 🙏
Nဣo words 2 express d cruelty in d way it was done. Strict action shud be taken against d culprits. Authorities need to be taken to task. Our animals, migrant workers, farmers need to be protected because every life matters 👍— MANOJ TIWARY (@tiwarymanoj)
— Vijay Shankar (@vijayshankar260)
Anguished to hear about what happened in Kerela. Can't believe that some can be so inhumane towards animals. Hope there will justice and action taken against the guilty.
— Shubman Gill (@ShubmanGill)
They should be punished 😡�😼�😡how they punished this innocent pregnant elephant
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)
Heartbroken, speechless, angry & shocked to read the news 🎃about the pregnant elephant in Kerala. How can anyone be so cruel. Hope the gu🌠ilty are punished severely.
— Rishabh Pant (@RishabhPant17)
The incident in Kerala is extremely saddening. How can we be so cruel? It's time we as a society put an end to these inhumane acts.
— Kuldeep yadav (@imkuldeep18)
Another shameful act of Human Cruelty. It takes nothing away from a human to be kind to an animal.
Severe action must be taken against the culprit by who f💫ed the cracker filled pineapple to the inno🗹cent.We believed you, You betrayed us
— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina)
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— parthiv patel (@parthiv9)
Feeding a pregnant elephant with a pi💝neapple filled with crackers. Only a monster can do this. Strict action should be taken against the culprits.
— Umesh Yaadav (@y_umesh)
Short of words to describe this cruelty by some humans. We don't deserve this planet if we don't know how to co exist. We indeed betrayed you 🙁
— Siddharthh Kaul (@iamsidkaul)
WTF 🤷♂️ What kind of society are we??
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
