ReadingAnimals

The sources quoted in the story have tried handily to connect the trauma of elephants to the risk of future trauma among people, but only in the context of tourism
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plan to be in Toronto later this summer, but I wish I could visit now to check out this current play, Sanctuary Song. In the play, an elephant named Sydney tells the story of her life, which seems to embody details from the lives of many elephants, but of no specific individual.

Part of the message was that advocates do not want more suffering or more deaths; “Never again,” they said. But it does happen over and over and over again at zoos in every climate and with varied enclosures.

Sadly, I could not get a member of the pack to pose with any of my book stacks, though I thought of putting the stacks sideways next to one of the wiener dogs to illustrate scale. No one was down with my plan, if you know what I mean.
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There is no reason to wait when the choice is between compassion and suffering. It’s a shame that Petal was forced to wait for so many decades only to die on the cold, hard floor instead of surrounded by trees, fresh air, bird song and perhaps the company, warm breath or caress of an elephant friend.
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The Month of Elephants series continues with a quick look at some of the hi-tech solutions that are being being put to the test for minimizing human-elephant conflict and improving elephant protection.

With the Month of Elephants series, my other reading is taking a back seat for the moment. In case you are looking for inspiration on some animal-related reading, here are some options from the blogosphere!
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Animals discuss the peculiarities of humans, a philosopher explores dog love, plus more!
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I wandered from one discipline to the next and eventually found myself a resident of the borderlands between those that make up critical animal studies, not unlike Lochner, whose essay I reflect on here.
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The multiple threats that arise from war between people, the guerrilla tactics used by people against elephants due to conflict and other perhaps less intentional, but still lethal consequences of sharing time and space with humans have had devastating effects on the elephants of Sri Lanka