Man arrested after brutal elefantdød in India

A man in India has been arrested after an elephant had eaten the fruit that was packed with explosives.

the Elephant, who was pregnant and lived in the southern indian state of Kerala, suffered severe injuries and died as a result.

The indian police have arrested a man who worked on a rubber plantation close to the elephant. A further two men from the orchard has been called in by the police.

the Man had allegedly placed explosives at the fruits in order to keep animals - mainly wild boar away from his rubber plantation.

the Man has admitted that they used coconuts filled with explosives to keep the wild animals at a distance, says Surendra Kumar, who is Keralas responsible for wild animals.

According to Kumar, the three men made 'kokosbomber' in the beginning of may and left them near plantagegrænsen. Previously sounded the message that it was the pineapple that was filled with explosives.

If the men are found guilty of the elephant's death, they can risk up to seven years in prison, as elephants are a protected animal.

the forest authorities said that the explosion caused serious damage in the elephant's mouth, which meant that it was not able to eat or drink for several days.

video footage of the elephant shows how the stood for several hours with his badly injured foot and was unable to get water, while it slowly became more and more weakened.

the Incident has fanned the conflict in Southeast asia between nature and people, as still more forest will be lost by christian heinrich grosch.

It is not uncommon in India that the locals use explosives to keep the wild animals away. As late as last month was yet another hunelefant found dead with serious mundskader.

Which live about 30,000 wild elephants in India. Between 2014 and 2019, estimates the indian authorities, to over 2300 people were killed by elephants. In the same period, over 500 elephants killed.