Hurling firecrackers at wild elephant Baahubalidraws criticism

A video of the incident was widely circulated on social media

A recent incident in which firecrackers were hurled at a wild elephant nicknamed Baahubali near Mettupalayam in Coimbatore district has drawn criticism from various quarters. After a video of the incident was widely circulated on social media, biologists and noted personalities expressed their anguish over the treatment meted out to the elephant. “This is deeply deeply disturbing,” actor Dia Mirza said on Twitter in reply to the video shared by Vivek Menon, wildlife conservationist and the executive director of the Wildlife Trust of India.