They say elephants can remember.. Can people?
Friday, May 15, 2009 at 12:00PM Woman kills elephant with bow and arrow.. (read comments, they are really interesting)
In a world where people cannot be protected from other people, who is going to protect these animals?
They have no voice. They can't pick up weapons and retaliate. Most of us are busy making the world a better place.. for ourselves!
Yaanaia paathomaa, our vaazha pazhatha kuduthomaannu irukkama..
(you see an elephant, feed it a banana and keep going...)
So sad...
The news could have been
Woman files half way around globe to tame elephant
Woman flies half way around globe to feed elephants a ton of bananas
Banana republic sponsors woman to feed a ton of bananas to zimbabwean elephant
Ton of bananas intended for zimbabwean elephant shared by poor kids
Woman flies half way around globe to fight lioness
Woman flies half way around globe and takes on wild elephant unarmed
etc. etc.
Even if this elephant was not endangered and they killed it to collect money to save more elephants (which in itself is funny .. because that is as bad as poor people selling their kids to save the rest of the family.. at the end of the day someone is exploiting a poor country and its people), it wasn't a fair fight!
The elephant wasn't picking a fight.
It was not attacking anyone.
Kill a fly in the bathroom because Jr. is afraid of flies. That is nothing to be proud of. I have a swatter and the fly doesn't have a chance. Sure there will be some insect lover who feels passionately about the swatting of flies and how flies are getting endangered. (okay, an elephant and fly are not the same.. especially if you compare population densities and I am only being sarcastic here)
Is this something someone should be proud of? That is the only question that nags me.
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Reader Comments (2)
I am of the opinion that one should be proud of what is blogged. Thats all !
:)
new jungle saying: "move over sarah palin. bigger stronger woman here!"
- s.b.