INHUMAN ACT

In a brutal incident of animal abuse, a pregnant elephant died in Kerala after eating a pineapple filled with crackers. The fruit had exploded in her mouth, leaving her in such intense pain that she choose to stand in river to try and soothe it. She died shortly thereafter, her lungs full of water.

"She trusted everyone. When the pineapple she ate exploded, she must have been shocked to not think about herself, but about the child she was going to give birth to in 18 to 20 months.", writes forest officer Mohan Krishnan, Forest Officer, who was a part of the Rapid Response Team in northern Kerala's Malappuram district that went to rescue a 15-year-old jumbo.

He adds, “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.”

The elephant had walked to the Velliyar River, and stood with her mouth and trunk in the water. She probably felt this would give her some relief, said the forest officer who wrote a Facebook post on the tragedy on 30 May.

Two captive elephants, Surendran and Neelakanthan, were brought to bring her out of water but after a number of attempts, she died at 4 pm on 27 May.

"She needed to be given the farewell she deserved. For that, we took her inside the forest in a lorry. She lay there on firewood, in the land she played and grew up. The doctor who did her post-mortem told me that she was not alone. I could sense his sadness though the expression on his face was not visible due to his mask. We cremated her in a pyre there. We bowed before her and paid our last respects," the forest officer said.

We are sorry, gentle one. This inhumane act is unacceptable and we hang our heads in shame as fellow human beings.

INHUMAN ACT!  HIGHLY CONDEMNABLE!!