A
pregnant
wild
elephant
which
had
made
its
way
into
a
village
in
Kerala,
died
after
being
fed
a
pineapple
stuff
with
firecrackers.
News
of
this
incident
has
caused
outrage
among
netizens,
and
even
celebrities
Shraddha
Kapoor
and
Athiya
Shetty
expressed
their
fury
over
it.
Shraddha
took
to
her
Twitter
handle
to
share
a
news
clipping
of
the
incident,
and
wrote
in
disbelief,
"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
tagged
Peta
India
and
the
Chief
Minister
of
Kerala.
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
also
shared
a
heartbreaking
drawing
of
the
elephant
and
its
unborn
baby
in
an
Instagram
post,
and
wrote
a
lengthy
note
on
how
cruel
human
beings
can
sometimes
get.
Suniel
Shetty's
daughter
Athiya
Shetty
also
tweeted
about
the
incident.
She
wrote,
"This
is
absolute
barbaric.
HOW
can
anyone
have
the
heart
to
do
this?
absolutely
disgusting,
I
hope
action
is
taken," and
tagged
Peta
India.
This
is
absolute
barbaric.
HOW
can
anyone
have
the
heart
to
do
this?
absolutely
disgusting,
I
hope
action
is
taken.
@PetaIndia
🙏🏼
pic.twitter.com/RDKhOWqOHl
The
elephant
belonged
to
the
Silent
Valley
National
Park
(SVNP)
in
Palakkad.
According
to
forest
officers
in
Kerala's
Malappuram
district,
it
had
come
to
town
looking
for
food.
Locals
allegedly
offered
her
the
pineapple
laden
with
crackers,
following
which
the
fruit
exploded
and
badly
injured
her
mouth.
She
died
standing
in
a
nearby
river.
Forest
officer
Mohan
Krishnan,
who
was
part
of
the
Rapid
Response
Team
to
rescue
the
elephant,
wrote
in
a
heart
wrenching
note
in
Malayam,
"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." The
note,
along
with
pictures
of
the
elephant,
was
shared
on
Facebook.
He
added,
"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."