Pregnant wild elephant's heinous 'Pineapple bomb' murder triggers 927 Change.org petitions

In order to bring justice, several people across world have expressed ir outr over inhumane killing of a pregnant elephant in Kerala. In less than 24 hours, as many as 927 petitions have been filed on petition website Change.org. Along with it, over 13 lakh people have signed petitions demanding  perpetrators of this cruel act be punished.

A citizen from Oman Kamal Ganatra urged for rigorous sentencing with hefty fines in his petition. His petition which has been supported by 5.6 lakh people in a day stated, "Perhaps a more important question to ask right w is why we hear news about so many voiceless deaths and t eugh about prosecutions? law in India does t give long prison sentences for wildlife crimes. A sense of fear should be spre amongst people who might become killers of se incent living beings. Convictions for wildlife killing must receive rigorous sentencing with hefty fines." 

Meanwhile, ar petitioner of platform-- a resident of Thane Nikhil Suryawanshi has demanded to slap a murder charge against perpetrators of gruesome crime. His petition that has been signed by over 2.30 lakh people stated, "I was deeply hurt and angry when I re about pregnant elephant brutally killed in Kerala. As I wanted to do something about this and wanted offenders to get punished, I shared my thoughts with my sister who is an vocate. She told me to create a petition on Change.org."

Similarly, Bangalore-based Aparajita said in her petition "It broke my heart... incent animal fell victim to an act of human cruelty. As she bit into pineapple, it exploded in her mouth. We cant let se voiceless animals suffer like this anymore. Strict action should be taken against culprits." Ar petition by Meera Kant that is seeking criminal charges has been signed by over three lakh people. Along with it, people from US, UK, France, Australia have also issued petitions on issues. Some of petitions have also drawn support from celebrities on social media. 

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First arrest by Kerala Forest Department

Kerala Forest Department has me an arrest in case of horrific killing of a pregnant elephant last month in a forest area in Palakk district. In a tweet, forest department confirmed "major breakthrough!" and said, "KFG has zeroed on culprits and recorded first arrest in wild elephant death case."

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pregnant elephant died in Silent Valley Forest in Malappuram after a local allegedly fed her a pineapple stuffed with crackers on May 27. Her jaw was broken and she was unable to eat after she chewed pineapple and it exploded in her mouth.  elephant was seen standing in river with its mouth and trunk in water for some relief from pain after explosive-filled fruit exploded in its mouth.

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