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Pregnant Elephant Fed Explosive-filled Pineapple In India


Unbelievable case of animal cruelty has occurred in the province of Kerala, India, where a pregnant wild elephant has been fed a pineapple filled with incendiary firecracker.

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The criminal has not been narrowed nor specified in the case.

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“Her jaw was broken and she was unable to eat after she chewed the pineapple and it exploded in her mouth,” says chief wildlife warden Surendra Kumar.point 304 |

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The warden has angrily claimed the feeding must have had the intention of pure killing.point 73 | The ill-intent feeding reportedly occurred in a remote valley in Attappadi, a forest in Southern India.point 161 | The deceased 15-year-old elephant had entered a village to forage for food last month.point 234 |

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However the beast died a while later in a Malappuram district river, according to a heartbreaking Facebook post by wildlife official Mohan Krishnan, who “wasn’t able to rescue her” due to the circumstances and the magnitudes of her injuries.point 217 |

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The baby inside her was also beyond help, as the pregnancy was too premature.point 64 | 1

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“When we saw her she was standing in the river, with her head dipped in the water,” the ranger wrote in an emotional Facebook post “She had a sixth sense that she was going to die.point 332 |

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” A later autopsy revealed that the animal was pregnant at the time of her tragic death.point 74 | “Based on the nature of its wound, we are assuming that it died due to explosives.point 143 | We are suspecting that the elephant fell prey to the explosive snare used to fend off wild boars,” KK Sunil Kumar, Mannarkkad Divisional Forest Officer (DFO).point 278 | 1

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The Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 in the Indian law books officially define the liberties of which the judge can expend to the wild poachings of these protected species.point 256 |

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Wild elephants are a protected species under Schedule 1 of Act.point 53 | It’s unknown who committed the vile crime.point 91 | However, Kumar vowed to “punish him for ‘hunting’ the elephant” and has reportedly “directed the forest officials to nab the culprit.point 214 |

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” In response to the heinous act, the Kerala Forest department reiterated the portion of the Indian Constitution mandating that citizens be kind to animals.point 134 | “Article 51-A (g) of the Indian Constitution says that it shall be duty of every citizen of India to have compassion for living creatures,” they tweeted Tuesday.point 273 | 1

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