It also shares its orbit with other objects in the Kuiper Belt. So Pluto was re-classified as a “dwarf planet” to sit alongside Eris, Ceres, Haumea and Makemake. ... Enhanced color global view of Pluto, taken when NASA's New Horizons spacecraft was 280,000 miles ... [+]

Why was Pluto stripped of its planetary status?

Pluto was automatically disqualified because its highly elliptical orbit overlaps with that of Neptune and so it could only be classed as a dwarf planet. Pluto's status had been contested for many years. It is further away and considerably smaller than the eight other "traditional" planets in the Solar System.

Is Pluto still a planet or is it destroyed?

FYI: Pluto is not destroyed, it is no longer considered a planet as per the definitions of astronomy, and now it comes under the category of "Dwarf Planet".