Pregnant elephant's death in Kerala: Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan express despair & anger

A pregnant wild elephant in Kerala's Silent Valley Forest fell victim to an act of human cruelty after a pineapple filled with powerful crackers offered by a man exploded in her mouth when she chomped on it, a senior forest officer said on Tuesday. This led to widespread condemnation from people all across country.

Bollywood celebrities like Anushka Sharma, Disha Patani, and ors took to ir social media handles to demand stricter laws against animal cruelty. Alia Bhatt on her Insta story wrote, "Terrible just terrible. We need to be ir VOICE and coexist!! Is this meant to be some kind of sick joke?? This is heartbreaking."

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Meanwhile, Varun Dhawan shared artwork of elephant and baby inside her and wrote, "We pray to m and yet do this." He furr wrote that this was cruel beyond measure. "When you lack empathy and kindness, you do t deserve to be called a human being. To hurt someone is t human. Just stricter laws won't help. We need a decent execution of law too. Until guilty are punished in worst possible way, se wicked monsters will never fear law. Though it's a difficult task, I hope y are able to find out one who committed this crime and punish m accordingly."

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elephant died when she was standing in water in river Velliyar after it suffered an injury in its lower jaw, forest officials informed.