There are two images that have haunted me recently. One appeared in the New York Times, reported by Maggie Shipstead. She describes a mother elephant running across a road in West Bengal, India, head down, desperate to reach the safety of a nearby forest. A ball of fire clings to her right foot, its tail singed. The baby’s hindquarters are engulfed in flames. In the background, Shipstead describes, a group of men is watching, cravenly mesmerized. They were the ones who had thrown [...]
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