Wild elephant died in the Mallapuram river after eating pineapple with firecracker.

Wild elephant killed after being fed a firecracker filled pineapple

Wild elephant died in the Mallapuram river after eating pineapple with firecracker.
A wild elephant died in the Mallapuram river after eating pineapple with a firecracker.

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A wild 15-year-old elephant was fed with firecracker-filled pineapple by an unknown assailant, as it entered a nearby village to forage for food last month in a remote valley in the Attappadi forest in South India.

Indian wildlife officials are mourning the death of a pregnant wild elephant after the pineapple exploded in her mouth. “ Her jaw was broken and she was unable to eat after she chewed the pineapple and it exploded in her mouth” Kerala State’s chief wildlife warden Surendra Kumar said.

The outraged officials told the premeditated killing in the Malappuram district river is an act of cruelty to animals as the autopsy revealed that the animal was pregnant at the time of her tragic death.

Mr. Kumar vowed to Punish the culprit for hunting the elephant and direct to investigate further to nab the persons involved under Article 51 –A (g) of the Indian Constitution which state s it shall be the duty of every citizen of India to have compassion for living creatures. The forest department tweeted “here lies our duty N humanity”.