The elephant had chewed on an
explosive-stuffed pineapple that went off in her mouth. She roamed for about a
week before she met her end. The injured female elephant stood in the Velliyar River,
where she took her last breath on 27th of May. The elephant, as per
the DFO Sunil Kumar, might have come from the Silent Valley National Park’s
buffer zone. Ministry tweeted that one person has been arrested in the matter. As
per the latest reports, Environment ministry stated that the pregnant elephant
might have accidentally consumed a cracker-stuffed fruit. Supposedly, the
pineapple was for the boars to keep them away from fields. MoS and MoEF&CC
urged people not to fall prey to any rumours.
Apart from
this incident, many more cases of animal cruelty came into light.
The cow from Jhondutta village in Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh was also fed crackers laced in dough. The crackers exploded in the mouth of the poor creature, leaving the jaw blown off.
- 2 teenage boys, who were seen in a recent viral video cruelly drowning a tied up dog in a dirty pond, were identified in Ujjain.
- Another incident of merciless lynching of a leopard took place in Gorchuk, Guwahati, Assam on Sunday. Teeth and nails were removed after the animal was killed and viral videos are surfacing online showing people parading the dead animal.
- A man was booked in Surat on Monday 8thJune for killing a stray dog on the suspicion that it was a rabid dog.
- In another case from Kerala, a dog was tied with a tape wound tightly around his snout, in the district of Thrissur. As per the PAWS rescuers, there were several layers of tape that resulted in a permanent and deadly wound.
- Another similar case came in light in Tamil Nadu's Trichy, where a group of people allegedly killed a jackal by feeding a country-made bomb which exploded in jackal's mouth. A constable spotted them drinking tea at a tea stall with the carcass in a bag.
- A video went viral recently showing 2 men on a bike dragging a dog with a chain around his neck for at least one km in Aurangabad, Maharashtra. Police have registered FIR against two people in connection with the case.
Animal cruelty is not new to our nation. According to the Bombay Society for Presvention of Cruelty to Animals (BSPCA), 19000+ cases were registered in five years from 2011 to 2016 in Mumbai ALONE. Ironically, even with such a huge number of cases, not even a single arrest took place. Also, this data does not even include the cases that involved a wild animal; the victims were either pets or strays. Heinous acts done to wild animals are mostly defended inside the court rooms with the argument of self defence. It is true that a lot of innocent people also get injured or killed when the wild animals venture too close to human settlement.
It is really important to examine all the facts and factors before we put forth our opinion in public domain. With the accessibility of internet increasing day by day, more and more people connect and interact on social media. But of course, not all the facts stated on the internet are true. Therefore, users must countercheck the facts and use their conscience before posting or blindly believing anything on social media. Hatred of any kind, in any form or of any magnitude shall not be allowed to exist in our society or in our mindsets. Judging a complete community based on the actions of a very few, is not only discriminatory but it also reflect the flaws in our collective morality as a society, those flows which we don’t readily accept. It is the need of hour to provide a better set of moral values, since the older ones don’t seems to be working, to our new generation so that they will understand and appreciate the value of each and every life. Stricter rules and regulations with more severe penalties are in order too.
We ourselves can also bring about little changes in the society by some very simple steps, such as, being aware of our surroundings, providing proper and true morals to the younglings, stepping forward whenever we come across such incidents and by educating ourselves as well as others regarding the rules and regulations of animal cruelty.
In the end, Knowledge Villa Team urge people to step up and stand against these incidents and instead of blaming governments and sections of societies, we must ACT in order to stop cruelty and cherish the bond between the animals and mankind.
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