Anushka slams animal cruelty in Tamil Nadu, calls it 'appalling'

Anushka Sharma has never shied away from showing concern over the animal's welfare. The actor took to Instagram and slammed the gruesome killing of jackal with a meat bomb in Tamil Nadu.

Mumbai: Anushka Sharma has reacted to the news of killing a jackal in Tamil Nadu's Trichy by feeding it a bomb covered with meat. The actor felt the incident is "appalling" and demanded stricter laws for animal cruelty.

Reacting to the news, the actor wrote on the Instagram story: "What sort of trend is this becoming? It is appalling. Cannot stress enough on stricter laws against animal cruelty."

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The Tamil Nadu Forest Department has arrested 12 gypsies for killing the jackal in a Trichy village by packing explosives in meat, which blew up in its mouth when the animal took a bite.

Anushka was among many Bollywood celebrities who recently denounced the murder a pregnant elephant in Kerala, which was fed a pineapple stuffed with explosives.

The brutal incident was followed by one in Bilaspur district, Himachal Pradesh, where a person tried to kill a pregnant cow by feeding it explosive mixed with food.

With inputs from IANS.