The Dhaka Times Desk A pregnant elephant waited in water for three days to die in Kerala, India. But why was the elephant standing?
Forest department officials believe that the elephant was fed explosives with pineapples, causing it to detonate inside its mouth. This broke the elephant's jaw and teeth. The death of the elephant through such cruelty has started a lot of criticism on social media.
The forest department officials said that they were trying to rescue the elephant, but there was no way to remove the elephant from the water. The elephant only dips its face and trunk in water. Maybe he is doing this for some relief by drinking water. The incident happened last May 25. That day the incident came to the attention of the forest department. On May 27, the elephant died while standing on water in the Veliyar river. The forest department also said that they had information about people who trap wild animals in this way.
Quoting the forest department, The Hindu reported that the elephant was fed explosives inside the pineapple inside the Silent Valley National Park (SNVP). This caused an explosion inside the mouth while chewing the fruit. An inquiry committee was formed by the forest department in the incident of killing the elephant.
A forest department official said explosives were kept inside the fruit to kill wild animals. However, it is not yet known exactly which elephant was killed.
According to NDTV, the elephant initially wandered around the village in pain. He could not eat anything as his face was bruised. He remained standing in the water until he died.
Social media users demanded strict action against those involved in the incident.
According to BBC news, an autopsy has been conducted on the death of the elephant. It showed that the elephant was pregnant.
A case has been registered in the incident and efforts are on to identify those involved, said Samuel Wacha, wildlife warden of Silent Valley National Park in Palakkad area.
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