KERALA ELEPHANT CASE STUDY

"When humans acts with cruelty we characterize them as 'animals', yet the only animal that displays cruelty is humanity"

Hello,

It's been a long time since I have written an article. It has always been stories but today I am here not to depict a fictitious story, rather tell a story of an elephant who became prey to a vicious and dangerous animal known as a human being and who became famous nationwide by giving their lives. This is the story of that innocent whose only fault was that she trusted the humans.

Now, why mother?? because she was pregnant. It was not just one casualty but the life of two innocents.

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 here on Tuesday.

"Her jaw was broken and she was unable to eat after she chewed the pineapple and it exploded in her mouth. It was certain that she was offered the pineapple filled with crackers to eliminate her," Principal chief conservator of forests (wildlife) and chief wildlife warden Surendrakumar told PTI. The incident was reported from the fringe areas of the Silent Valley in Attappadi.

Mr. Surendrakumar said the elephant died at the Velliyar river in Mallapuram district. The post-mortem revealed that the pachyderm was pregnant. "I have directed the forest officials to nab the culprit. We will punish him for 'hunting' the elephant," he said.

The issue of the pachyderm's death came to light after Mohan Krishnan, a forest officer, posted an emotional note on his Facebook page, narrating the death of the elephant in the waters of the Velliyar river.

"When we saw her she was standing in the river, with her head dipped in the water. She had a sixth sense that she was going to die. She took the Jalsamadhi in the river in a standing position," Mr. Krishnan, who was deputed to bring the elephant back to the shore, wrote.

"Even as the entire mankind stands helpless before a virus like a coronavirus, I have only one thing to say- sorry."

Mohan Krishnan, Forest Officer

This is the whole of the case but this ain't the first time. A similar case was registered in Kochi where a pregnant elephant met with the same faith. It took place in the Kollam District. She was fed a pineapple with powerful firecrackers, which exploded when she chomped it. Even though it seemed to be firecrackers, but in both cases, the investigation led to the fact that the pineapple wasn't filled with a firecracker, rather it was filled with dynamite. And the killings were intentional.

Dominican one of the 17 Macaque monkeys experimented on during the animal experiment on Silver Springs

Not only this, various cruelty against animals is taking place each and every day. This cruelty to animals, also called animal abuse, animal neglect, or animal cruelty, is the infliction by omission or by the commission of humans by suffering or harm upon any non-human. Even though FIR has been launched against the culprits, one who supplied the dynamites has been arrested and is in custody but the rest of them are yet to be identified. This whole incident was an act of 'ZOOSADISM'.

Few facts that I would like to share here

Puppy mills are large-scale commercial dog breeding operations that put greater priority on profits than the health of the puppies. Many dogs are plagued with illnesses like kidney or heart disease as a result of the conditions they’re kept in.
Thousands of greyhounds die each year—some in the name of “selective breeding”—before they ever touch a racetrack. Many dogs do not make it to the nominal “retirement” age of 4 or 5.
Due to genetic manipulation, 90% of broiler chickens (chicken bred specifically for meat production) have trouble walking.
Dogfighting became prevalent in the US after the Civil War, with professional pits proliferating in the 1860s. And was a source of entertainment for police officers and firemen.
Today dogfighting has been reported in urban, suburban, and rural settings in all regions of the country.
More than 50% of the fur in the US comes from China, where millions of dogs and cats are often bled to death and skinned alive for their fur. Chinese fur is often mislabeled, so if you wear any fur, there’s no sure way of knowing whose skin you’re in.
It’s been estimated that there are 900 to 2,000 new cases every year of animal hoarding in the US, with 250,000 animals falling victim.
Over 115 million animals – mice, rats, dogs, cats, rabbits, monkeys, birds, among others – are killed in laboratory experiments worldwide for chemical, drug, food, and cosmetics testing every year.
Every major circus that uses animals has been cited for violating the minimal standards of care set by the United States Animal Welfare (AWA).
Most rodeo events rely on creating a stressful environment for the domesticated and often docile animals involved. Participants rely on harsh handling practices (i.e. twisting calves’ tails or painful electric shocks) to make animals perform.
The exotic pet trade is a multi-billion dollar industry in the US and while some wild pets are bred in captivity, many are taken from their native habitats. The stress of being violently removed from their homes causes a number to die prematurely.

And these were just the case of the US, so what about India? According to data compiled by the Bombay Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (BSPCA) revealed around 19,028 animal cruelty cases were filed in the last five years and there were no arrests or convictions against any of those cases.

Why is this happening?

While cruelty to pets and animals is a punishable offense, the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, levies a measly fine of just Rs10 to Rs100.

With the fine so low, the law is not acting as a deterrent.

A horrific case in point: last year, four people were held for beating up a cow. “The accused paid Rs 4,000 as a bail bond. But a local court fined them only Rs 50 each, as per the law. They have reimbursed Rs 3,800 and our efforts to get them punished went in vain,” BSPCA animal inspector Divakar Jadhav told HT.

Then what is the solution?
Laws to remember(Just click here)

Captured Turtle at Jamestown, Accra, Ghana

My question to every reader is that why did they do so? Did humans don't really have any kind of humanity left in them? Frankly speaking, I think that they don't and God is trying his best to save nature from the disease named humans, and it's only because he regretting his decision of creating humans. I know you readers will just read, some may just ignore, but it's a request please raise voices against such cruelties, let us stand together for these crimes. I know it's not much but this small step might lead us to a great leap for mankind. I also know this, that some may even laugh after reading this blog, but remember my friend that human suffering has just begun. Each time before you react just put yourself in place of the victim. What would you have done? What if the same was done to a human? But the sad truth is that humans can never ever change themselves. Feel free to look at the below links for more detailed news. Lastly, I am left with only this ↓