The mother elephant stopped his son from helping a human being as she had a bitter experience of their attitude towards innocent animals. Write a brief character sketch of the Mother Elephant in this context. (around 60 words)
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A moving social media post by forest department section officer Mohana Krishnana, who was part of the rapid response team that attempted to rescue an injured elephant who died standing in Kerala’s Velliyar river last week, underlines how brutally her trust in humans had been betrayed and how she did not try to hurt them in retaliation even when an excruciating pain tore through her, and instead willed herself and her unborn child into a watery grave.
It appears that when hunger drove her to forage for food outside the forest she fed on a pineapple that had been stuffed with firecrackers. As they exploded in her mouth, she sought comfort in the river waters, keeping her trunk under them till she died. An autopsy revealed that she was pregnant.